Terry's Guestbook

Terry, Glad to hear you are home. Hope to continue to hear about your progress. I had surgery on Oct 8 and am making progress. Prayers continue coming your way.

Terry I understand you are home. I am relieved that you are. I was quite concerned when I heard the news. I continue to think of you daily, Terry. Please let us know about your progress as you are able. Terry, let me take a moment to bring you up to date. I was operated on November 5th. It was successful. I am now back in Massachusetts at home. I have my work ahead of me. I am deeply grateful that things have gone well so far. My thoughts remain with you, Terry. All the best.

This is Holly's last post on facebook about Terry...November 3rd...For those who are wondering, my dad is home now and doing fairly well, all things considered. They originally thought he'd be in the rehab facility for many weeks, so its great that he already gets ti be home. He's getting around pretty well, but his right leg is still feeling weird - he's still got strength, but its numb and feels strange to him basically all the time which is driving him a bit mad. His vision is also the same, though he says he sometimes gets this weird feeling like his eye/brain are trying to work but its just not happening yet. Hopefully he'll see some progress soon with that. Prayers for patience while his body works on healing itself, and for his mental well-being as he deals with the emotional roller coaster that comes with having to adjust so many things in his life.

How is Terry doing in rehab. The people on this patient community website have been keeping him in our prayers. If you have a chance, could you let us know how he is doing? Thanks

Hey Terry At this point I hope you are back in MI. Perhaps you have had a chance to settle in at the rehab center. I hope this will be a week of steady improvement for you. With your attitude and fitness I am sure you will see progress. Please keep us up to date as you are able. All the best.

I am so grateful to Holly, Heidi, and Meghan for keeping us up-dated on your situation, Terry. I thought to myself that for you to have a stroke, you were in the best place for that to happen! Welcome home to Kalamazoo, and we will be coming to see you soon, but I hope not to be a burden. Thanks to God for overseeing your procedure and recovery, with the added blessings of having your family with you.

Holly Thank you so much for your update. Terry, I am thinking of you today. I know you are an extremely active athlete. I believe that your athlete's mindset will be your path to success to recover from your stroke. Your medical team, your family and you have one goal now, complete recovery and I believe you will succeed. My thoughts will be with you, Terry. All the best, my friend.

Hi Holly, Thank you for your clear update on your Dad, I have been thinking about him. I'm sorry about the complications he has experienced post op; I can imagine it's been a very difficult week for you all. All of us know how serious an event this type of procedure is; we are comforted by the fact that there are such good doctors who know how to handle it all. No doubt your dad will get the quickest and best treatment there is for him. His recovery time is now longer than anticipated. With such a loving family, I am sure he will come out on top. All the best,

So glad to hear about Terry. Sorry to hear about the stroke but it sounds like he will be in a good place with lots of therapy. I hope ou will continue to update us on this page so all of the current and future heart valve patients can keep sending prayers his way.