William's Guestbook

I am so sorry to hear about Fran. Was it her heart? She (and you) were so helpful to me as I prepared for my surgery in Cleveland a few months after the 2 of you. My sympathies to her family.

Hi Lori and Bill I was thinking it must be soon time to hear from you. Congratulations. I\'m so glad you are feeling so great and have all oars in the water. Guess you are looking forward to summer and will no doubt hit that mark a little before us. Stay well. Cheryl, Ontario

Hi Bill The year has flown by, hasn\'t it? I remember you had the late in the morning surgery slot. I was finishing up my testing and getting ready to finally meet Dr Gillinov after he finished with you. Glad you didn\'t wear him out too much! Remember January 2010 as we compared notes waiting for our CC packet to arrive? Seems like you are living life to its\' fullest (remember I follow you on FB). Wishing you both many more healthy, happy years. Don\'t forget to get in touch if you\'re ever in the Bonita, Naples part of FL. Fran

Top of the morning to you, Captain Bill & Lori! Congratulations on reaching your 1-year mark! So glad to know you are doing great in every way!!! We\'ve all been through a lot together. Our best to you both! Duane & Peggy

Hi Lori and Bill What a really nice surprise to see your journal posting. I haven\'t been at HVJ a whole lot just lately as I\'ve had to end up replacing my laptop and now have spent the last week getting it up to speed and figuring out the keyboard. We Canadians (other than from Quebec) have to remember to choose US English where we have to concede to your US spelling of some words as opposed to winding up fighting accents etc. Anyway, I`m working at it. You are sounding fit with drugs. I too have some fuzzy moments now and then and sometimes end up answering the door in a haze. The doctor assures me it is the result of my drug induced athletic low heart rate. The answer is to get up slower! You just be careful and make sure Lori harnesses you to the side rails for fear of you falling overboard. Gillinov may not think to bark if you go awol. Peter and I try to make sure we get a nightly walk in, even after he returns home from a full day of golf and wants nothing more than to sit back with a cigar and water the lawn. I do feel well except for the plague of palpitations I still endure (worse now than before surgery) but I`m not complaining really. Life is good and Ièm blessed to be here. See - Iève no damned idea what button on this keyboard I pushed! You guys take care and careful of that heat. Wow. That is hot. Cheryl

Good Morning Capt\'n So nice to read your witty posts again. Sounds like you\'ve made a great recovery. I am also ending rehab on Friday (my 30th session). I am eligible for 36 but have our grandson coming for a week and I would miss those days so decided to end. It has been amazing how well it has helped me. I will continue to work at the fitness center here in our neighborhood. There is also a water aerobics class 2 mornings a week, so will be there with all the ladies and their noodles. Come September-October I plan to resume my early morning outside walks. Heck, I\'ll be healthier than I was a few years ago. Still planning to get down to your high school weight and take Lori to the prom? Your ejection rate is excellent. A \"normal\" heart\'s rate is 70% and you\'ve achieved that. I\'ll get my results at my 6 month echo and cardio appt in September. Since my heart is enlarged mine may not be that high. But it will definatly be an improvement of pre-op Lastly, love the name of our favorite doctor for your new puppy. And yes, he must be very smart. The famous Dr G has had a few new patients from the HVJ. Keep smiling and enjoying life, not that you need my encouragemnt. Oops, almost forgot, I still get the wacky vision episodes every so often. Fran

Hi Bill (Captain), I just wanted to thank you for writing in my, and my son Danny\'s guest book. You were right about your journals being humourous. I think eveyone involved with these open heart surgeries could use a good laugh. Thank you for MORE than doing your part. Danny is almost two weeks post op and is doing well. He is experiencing soreness in his neck, shoulders and arms but probably from doing too much. He dresses himself, including putting on socks & shoes, was sleeping in bed (often on his side), walking four blocks in our neighborhood etc. All this LESS than 2 wks post surgery. I guess I should be glad he is holding off on the 500 push ups and sit ups. He looks VERY longinly at the basket ball hoop, though. I\'m going to have to tie him down for the first six weeks. I just wish I was that young again. I\'m glad to hear your recovery is progressing well. Continued good health to you and thank you once again for your humor. Mary James

Hi...good to hear you are improving..I have a strange problem with my favourite racehorse...when he races at the 900m mark he just stops almost to a trot and byt he time he comes back to scale he is breathing fine and is fine. Someone suggested that a valve in his heart may be closing....as a person who had heart valve problems could you exercise for a one minute vigorously and then just have to stop ?