John Russo - Heart Valve Journal

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John Russoposted a photo

566 days ago

Suzette Schear, Rose Madura, Max Jam and 6 others reacted to this

11 days post op & feeling good!
❤️‍🩹🙏🏻❤️

Rose Madura Wow, that's great! You look very healthy! 👍

Margaret Fielden That's amazing, looking good!

Richard Munson Very healthy looking

Pamela Gregory Looking fantastic!

Grace Mason I am happy to see you looking so well. One would never guess you had major surgery 11 days ago!
Ke ... Read more

Grace Mason I am happy to see you looking so well. One would never guess you had major surgery 11 days ago!
Keep it up heart warrior ❤️‍🩹

JC Carlson Awesome! You are back in the game, John! Woo-hoo!

J Alexander Lassally So you had a Ross and a MV repair? How long was surgery?

Ana Brusso Welcome to recovery. Looking good. Blessings heart warrior 🙏❤️

Deena Z Wow, only 11 days and looking that great?! Congrats!!

George Allen John - you look amazing and healthy. Congratulations and keep up the steady recovery. Were they able ... Read more

George Allen John - you look amazing and healthy. Congratulations and keep up the steady recovery. Were they able to do it all as planned with the Ross after the repairs? Any thing you wish you knew before hand?

John Russo Hi! I wasn’t able to get the Ross done because the mitral valve was in worse shape than anticipated ... Read more

John Russo Hi! I wasn’t able to get the Ross done because the mitral valve was in worse shape than anticipated & there was a timing issue. Dr El-Hamamsy put in the bovine tissue valve which was larger than anticipated meaning I can most likely have 2 TAVR’s done instead of 1 giving me around 30 years. Still feeling great & heading back to work next week!

John Russoposted an update

582 days ago

Darrell Malone, Joshua Clegg, Rose Madura and 5 others reacted to this

Surgery just got postponed until (hopefully ) Monday 10/7. I’m currently at Mt. Sinai for pre-surgery testing & for some unknown reason my liver enzyme ...Read more

Surgery just got postponed until (hopefully ) Monday 10/7. I’m currently at Mt. Sinai for pre-surgery testing & for some unknown reason my liver enzyme levels have spiked dramatically . Now I’m in diagnostic mode until these levels hopefully return to normal. Keeping faith that this corrects itself ❤️🙏🏻

J Alexander Lassally Damn!

Ana Brusso Sorry John, hang in there. I will pray for your liver to go back to normal so you can have your succe ... Read more

Ana Brusso Sorry John, hang in there. I will pray for your liver to go back to normal so you can have your successful surgery on the 7th. God bless you 🙏❤️

Adam Pick John, Yes, this stuff happens. You are almost there!

Suzette Schear My liver enzymes went up from from Tylenol given in hospital. I hope they find why soon and you get ... Read more

Suzette Schear My liver enzymes went up from from Tylenol given in hospital. I hope they find why soon and you get your surgery.

Lisa Silverman Gosh dang it I’m so sorry! Could this get any more nerve wracking? I’m so sorry you are having th ... Read more

Lisa Silverman Gosh dang it I’m so sorry! Could this get any more nerve wracking? I’m so sorry you are having this blip. Holding the faith it all gets sorted soon.

John Russo Thank you all! The numbers are heading in the right direction ❤️🙏🏻

Klara Čičić Yay! Dear John, good luck, you are probably at a best place in a world to be in right now, they'll ta ... Read more

Klara Čičić Yay! Dear John, good luck, you are probably at a best place in a world to be in right now, they'll take care of it.

Pamela Gregory They will get it right and before you know it you will be in the healing process

Andrea Babcock Best Wishes for your surgery and really good recovery!!

John Russoposted a journal

589 days ago

Got a call today from my Surgeon’s coordinator with a schedule change. Surgery got moved up to October 3rd from October 8th! My journey begins on October ...Read more

Got a call today from my Surgeon’s coordinator with a schedule change. Surgery got moved up to October 3rd from October 8th! My journey begins on October 1st with pre-surgical testing etc…

Valerie Allen Best of luck….a week’s less worry!

Trygve Harris Wonderful news. Best of luck to you. I have so much confidence in these guys

John Russo Thanks!!

Andrea Babcock Best Wishes!!! You got this.

John Russoposted an update

595 days ago

Kimberly Eisenhut, Grace Mason , Geoff Curtis and 7 others reacted to this

Just got my surgery date! October 8th. Going to have my mitral, aortic, pulmonary & possibly tricuspid valves worked on.
Did I miss a valve?!? ...Read more

Just got my surgery date! October 8th. Going to have my mitral, aortic, pulmonary & possibly tricuspid valves worked on.
Did I miss a valve?!? 😂
It’s been a journey with endocarditis but I have so many blessings to count. I am definitely one of the lucky ones!! ❤️🙏🏻 #CountYourBlessings

Richard Munson Man, talk about valves. They may need a chain saw. Maybe do a valve job on the car while there. Pray ... Read more

Richard Munson Man, talk about valves. They may need a chain saw. Maybe do a valve job on the car while there. Pray for a successful surgery. You look very healthy.

John Russo Too funny!! Thanks 👍

Terry Tannenbaum I've been there, done that. Dr. Adams and his team are the best! If anyone can repair a valve, it's h ... Read more

Terry Tannenbaum I've been there, done that. Dr. Adams and his team are the best! If anyone can repair a valve, it's him. I'm coming up on my 3-year anniversary.

Richard Munson John, i still contend you look great for a man awaiting a complete valve job and overhaul. I wish you ... Read more

Richard Munson John, i still contend you look great for a man awaiting a complete valve job and overhaul. I wish you nothing but the best. You have a great attitude and that is big when heading into heart surgery and after.

Margaret Fielden Wishing you all the very best on October 8th. My surgery for mitral replacement and tricuspid repair ... Read more

Margaret Fielden Wishing you all the very best on October 8th. My surgery for mitral replacement and tricuspid repair is on October 5th so we will be in recovery together!

Robert Miller First I thought that was your middle finger but then realized it was not

But give the middle finger... Read more

Robert Miller First I thought that was your middle finger but then realized it was not

But give the middle finger to the current situation and you will be kicking butts pretty soon after Mount Sinai does its magic.... Best of luck!!! You got this!

William Trankle How's your sink faucet at home? Maybe get that replaced while you're in the hospital!

Rose Madura All the best! You are in good hands. God is good!

Pamela Gregory Wow, you are getting a complete valve make-over!!! Thank God for modern medicine

John Russo

Thank you all

Trygve Harris I'm right behind you! October 18. Flying home tonight.

Andrea Babcock Wow.....you will have an all new engine when they are done with your surgery!!

John Russoposted a journal

600 days ago

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The waiting game is in full swing! I met Dr. Adam’s from Mount Sinai last week who will be one of my surgeons in my upcoming complex OHS. He explained my ...Read more

The waiting game is in full swing! I met Dr. Adam’s from Mount Sinai last week who will be one of my surgeons in my upcoming complex OHS. He explained my situation and will be repairing my mitral valve which was damaged due to a bout of endocarditis. The second part of my surgery will be a Ross procedure on my aortic valve performed by Ismail El-Hamamsy. I am so blessed to have the top surgeons in their respective fields handling this operation. Since there will be 2 surgeons and it needs to be performed relatively soon, things need to get juggled around on their end to make this happen. I am so happy to be a part of these amazing Facebook groups:
Aortic Valve Replacement Group
Mitral Valve Repair Patients Group & Endocarditis Support Group as well as www.HeartValveSurgery.com which have helped me through my journey into surgery and will continue through my recovery. Bless you all!