{"id":7381,"date":"2011-12-15T06:38:41","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T11:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/?p=7381"},"modified":"2019-02-26T20:06:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T01:06:34","slug":"aortic-valve-replacement-patient-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2011\/12\/15\/aortic-valve-replacement-patient-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"After Aortic Valve Replacement, Sylvia Continues On As &#8220;Mrs. Claus&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Receiving updates from former patients is a great way to start the day. That said, I just heard from Sylvia Woolworth. You might recall that Sylvia, 76, had aortic valve replacement two years ago. (To learn more about aortic valve replacement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/aortic-valve-replacement-surgery.php\">click here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>As you can read in her last update, Sylvia took several steps to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/05\/27\/weight-loss-before-heart-surgery-aortic-valve\/\">physically and mentally prepare for her heart valve surgery<\/a>. Recently, I learned that Sylvia, who lives in New Jersey, has a fun tradition during the winter holidays&#8230; Sylvia takes on the fun role of playing &#8220;Mrs. Claus&#8221; at holiday events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/Images\/sylvia-round.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"388\" \/><br \/>\nSylvia &#8220;Mrs. Claus&#8221; Woolworth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In her note, Sylvia wrote to me:<br \/>\n&nbsp; <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This is my eighth year playing the role of Mrs. Claus. Thanks to my aortic valve replacement, I will be able to continue for many more years.\u00a0 After surgery, I&#8217;m feeling well, gardening, light construction, (I spackle, sand, prime, and paint), swim, and basically keep busy. I have my echocardiogram performed yearly and my cardiologist says I am doing well. I still go to weight watchers and follow good, health guidelines. In April, I will celebrate my third anniversary from heart valve replacement surgery. Thanks again for all the good work you do, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.&#8221; &#8212; Sylvia Woolworth<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sooooooo happy to hear that Sylvia&#8217;s recovery from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/aortic-stenosis-valve-heart-narrowing.php\">severe aortic valve stenosis<\/a> has been so wonderful!!!<\/p>\n<p>Keep on tickin&#8217; Sylvia!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7381","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\/7381","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=7381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}