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Hi, Melissa, I'm glad that you are on this side of your procedure and on the mend! Your new "zipper" looks very similar to mine. I had a MVR repair on 04 April and I want to let you know that I have you and your family in my prayers. Have a very speedy recovery and God Bless!😺😺😺

Melissa, I have been thinking about you and hoping maybe you are home by now...saying a healing prayer right now....looking forward to news of progress you are making💖Terrie

I wish you the best of luck and a smooth surgery Melissa and that is an awesome cat I agree. I will be keeping you and your husband in my prayers my friend. May God Bless You and we will see you on the other side of this thing.👍

Melissa...thinking of you and wishing the most correct uncomplicated surgery and recovery...that is one handsome cat you have...I will be praying tomorrow...we are all in your corner💟

Hi Melissa! I saw you said you are from Seattle and having Dr Verrier do your surgery. I have heard great things about him. I hope everything goes smoothly for you!

Thank you for responding and giving me hope in this situation. I really appreciate it! Let's keep in touch and let me know how everything works out with your surgery. Xoxo

For TAVR you only see an animation. I watched the real thing for open heart. I had TAVR. I marveled at how God brought me from my little town to Emory and Dr. Thourani. Amazing and blessed is how I feel.

Live in Shelton, Wa. Had my aortic valve replaced on 1/3/17. Done at St. Peters in Olympia. This was my 2nd open heart as I had triple bypass in 2009. Had problems during this surgery because of previous surgery. Sternum pretty much shattered this time and they had to install plates to assist putting sternum back together. Have heard good things about Swedish. I am walking a lot, still limited on lifting much, my sternum barks quite loudly if I over exert myself. Take care and pray all goes well.

Hi, Melissa: I am from Washington State and am due for aortic valve replacement for bicuspid valve and stenosis...but, I am traveling to NY to have the Ross procedure with Dr. Paul Stelzer at Mount Sinai in Manhattan. You are at Swedish? I was born there...don't remember much :-) Do you have a support network here in Washington? Wish you all the best.

Hello Melissa I bet you are feeling very scared at the moment I also am facing a similar issue to you I was born with a congenital defect at birth my aortic valve is bicuspard every year I have had echocardiograms to measure the pressure gradient in the valve I'm 27 years old unfortunately with a bicuspard valve often an ascending aortic aneurysm comes with it my aneurysm is located at the base root of my aorta and has dillated rapidly over the last 6 months I saw my surgeon just recently and advised me to have elective surgery next month to repair the bicuspard aortic valve and the ascending dilated aorta with a graft called a Dacron graft I'm having the Bentall button procedure how was your experience when you had your valve replaced?? I am getting a mechanical valve as I hopefully never want to have another operation but the warfarin is a worry I wish you the very best of luck on your journey ahead kindest regards Ryan