Adam's Updates Blog – Page 14

My brother, Doug, sent me this. I couldn't help but find it comical. As they say, a picture is worth 1,000 words. So, using basic math, these 9 pictures equals 9,000 words... Enjoy!

For those patients and caregivers preparing for -- or recovering from -- heart valve surgery, I wanted to quickly share that the 2012 edition of my book, The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery, is now available. This 5th revision includes several updates and contributions from leading physicians like Dr. McCarthy, Dr. Bolling, Dr. Adams, Dr. Stewart, Dr. Gaudiani, Dr. Roselli and more.

To all of our patients and caregivers from the USA... Happy 4th of July!!!

Thanks to everybody for your ongoing inquiries about Ethan, our 3-year old son.

I just received an interesting email from Steve about the time in which the heart is iced and stopped during heart valve replacement and heart valve repair surgery.

Tony, my father-in-law, and I are technology enthusiasts. In particular, we have a mutual fondness for Apple products. That said, when Tony sent me this video, I found myself saying 'Wow' several times. Already, over 2 million people have watched the video. I hope you enjoy it!

Dear Patients, Caregivers & Friends -

Another major enhancement to our relaunched website is the new Learning Center.

I'm very excited about the relaunch of our website. At the same time, I'm also a bit nervous right now.

Thanks to Ricky and everybody for your messages about my recent lapse in blog posts over the past few weeks.

Amazing!!! I just learned that our website was in the New York Daily News earlier this week!!!

During the past twelve months, this global community of patients and caregivers actively discussed many topics that have impacted our heart valve surgery experiences. As the year winds down, I thought it might be helpful to review all of these posts and highlight the top 10 stories that garnered the most attention during 2011.

Interestingly... The importance of today's date escaped me until a few minutes ago.

As the year winds down, I wanted to take a moment to wish you all a very happy holidays!

If you didn't know... Thanksgiving is, by far, my favorite holiday.

Prior to the Heart Valve Summit, Wanda sent me two great questions. She wrote, "Adam - What is the oldest person that a surgeon has operated on? Is it common for the elderly to have heart valve surgery? Thanks! Wanda"

The Internet never ceases to amaze me...

Thanks to all of you who continue to ask for the latest Ethan update!

Hi everybody,

One of the most visited sections at Heart Valve Journals, our social network, is the patient's guestbook. It's pretty amazing to see all the support, care, advice and love exchanged among patients, caregivers, friends and family members. For example, Judy Fridono has 775+ comments in her Guestbook following her recent heart valve surgery at USC.