{"id":663,"date":"2008-12-18T09:29:23","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T14:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2008\/12\/18\/dr-john-randolph-and-dr-ron-elkins-oklahoma-heart-surgeons\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T21:54:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T02:54:06","slug":"dr-john-randolph-and-dr-ron-elkins-oklahoma-heart-surgeons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2008\/12\/18\/dr-john-randolph-and-dr-ron-elkins-oklahoma-heart-surgeons\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelby Praises Dr. John Randolph and Dr. Ron Elkins, Oklahoma Heart Surgeons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is ab-sooooooooo-lute-ly nothing better than opening my inbox and reading these types of emails&#8230; Thanks Shelby!<\/p>\n<p>Hi Adam,<\/p>\n<p>Seven years ago I was diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/bicuspid-aortic-valve-symptoms.php\">a bicuspid aortic valve<\/a>, which was stenoic with regurgitation.\u00a0 I have had annual ultrasounds since then. In August of this year, I discovered that it was time for a valve job.\u00a0 I am a 40 year old male, in excellent condition. My doctor and I decided on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/ross-procedure.php\">a Ross Procedure<\/a>.\u00a0 On November 13, I had my surgery with Drs. John Randolph and Dr. Ron Elkins at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Images\/Shelby%20Hudgens2.jpg\" alt=\"Ross Procedure Patient, Shelby Hudgens\" width=\"378\" height=\"283\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Shelby With Wife Sarah (Ross Procedure Patient) <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I had my surgery on a Thursday and was back home the following Monday.\u00a0 I am currently three weeks post-op and am doing some light running with no issues.\u00a0 Really, the only problem I am having is premature ventricular contractions, which is being treated with 50mg Toprol XL.<\/p>\n<p>Every day is better than the previous one, so I guess I am headed in the right direction.\u00a0 I feel great with very little pain or discomfort.\u00a0 Ultrasound results indicate everything is now perfectly normal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Images\/ron-elkins.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ron Elkins - Oklahoma Heart Surgeon\" width=\"120\" height=\"170\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I would like to make your readers and future patient about my surgeons and the Oklahoma Heart Hospital (OHH).\u00a0 I did a great amount of research prior to my surgery and if there are better surgeons or facilities in the United States, I couldn&#8217;t find them.\u00a0 Top notch, all the way.\u00a0 OHH provided me with the best medical care I have ever received.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I purchased your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/adam-pick-book-2016-35.php\">heart valve book<\/a> prior to my surgery and found it to be extremely helpful.\u00a0 I hope you are doing well.<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Shelby R. Hudgens<br \/>\nAda, Oklahoma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surgeons-clinics"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","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=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}