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Kirk Rose – Triple Heart Valve Surgery Patient<\/p>\nI just received an extraordinary email about Kirk Rose from his daughter, Angela. If anybody needs inspiration before or after heart valve surgery, I encourage you to read this:<\/p>\n
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Kirk Rose – Triple Heart Valve Surgery Patient<\/p>\n
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Adam-<\/p>\n
I just came across your website and noted that you mention Team Scar Trek<\/em> of Oregon. So you know, my father was the organizer of this group and is currently on the comeback from his THIRD heart valve replacement.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Exactly three months and one day after his last surgery, Dad completed a triathlon and stood on the podium for his age group (60+).\u00a0 Since then, he has competed in 12 more races (from sprints to Olympic distances) and placed in the top 3 \u2013 in every event.<\/p>\n Just six months before his last surgery, Dad completed the Ironman Arizona in Tempe as our whole family cheered him on.\u00a0 A new bovine valve<\/a>, a Dacron implant, a stroke during surgery<\/a> and weeks of struggle – my Dad continues to inspire me as the bravest man I know.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As Kirk recently told me, “It has honestly been a tough go, as I suffered from a stroke during the surgery and my left side has some residual problems. However, Triathlons have been a big part of my life and I enjoy the sport.”<\/p>\n To date, my dad has participated in 13 Triathlons since receiving his SORIN Bovine Pericardial Xenograph and Dacron implant. As part of his training, Kirk also completed 8 road runs — from a 5k to a half marathon. In April 2010, Dad also completed the 60-mile Metric Century Cookie Monster Bike Ride. Just last weekend, Dad competed in the Aluminum Man Triathlon here in Oregon. He took first place in his age group.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I believe Kirk hopes to someday conquer the Ironman challenge again. I hope to cheer wildly as he crosses the finish line!<\/p>\n Angela<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Images\/kirk1.jpg\")
\nKirk Rose With Family – Thanksgiving, 2009<\/p>\n![\"Sorin](\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Images\/sorin-bovine-valve.jpg\")
Sorin Bovine Heart Valve Replacement<\/p>\n