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5 weeks post Ross Procedure!

My hospital stay was a rocky road. Ended up staying 14 days! I had anticipated 5-7.

Feeling pretty good now. ...Read more

5 weeks post Ross Procedure!

My hospital stay was a rocky road. Ended up staying 14 days! I had anticipated 5-7.

Feeling pretty good now. Walking 5+ miles a day with some days reaching over 8 miles. Feels like each day I can do some new thing I couldn’t do the week before.

I finally got up the nerve to look at my heart picture the surgeon took. YIKES. not everyone can say they have seen their own heart!

David Buchanan Great work

Marie Myers Sounds like a great recovery !

Rose Madura Glad you are doing well. I'm not sure I could look at my heart. Wow. It's amazing that you did. ... Read more

Rose Madura Glad you are doing well. I'm not sure I could look at my heart. Wow. It's amazing that you did. 🤔

John Cook That’s great news. 14 days in the hospital had to be rough. I was glad to escape at 9 days.
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John Cook That’s great news. 14 days in the hospital had to be rough. I was glad to escape at 9 days.

It sounds like you are having a great recovery. You’ll rock rehab.

Deena Z Woof, 14 days. What caused that? Looks like you are rebounding really, really well now, and that is w ... Read more

Deena Z Woof, 14 days. What caused that? Looks like you are rebounding really, really well now, and that is what counts!!❤️

Mark Morel To the best of my understanding:

My Right Ventrical was a bit lazy post-op so I ended up on Do ... Read more

Mark Morel To the best of my understanding:

My Right Ventrical was a bit lazy post-op so I ended up on Dopamine balanced with Blood Pressure meds. When they took me of Dopamine my BP dropped really low and kicked my a$$ for a few days. They ended up deciding to wean me off Dopamine very slowly moving forward over the course of several days. Best as I can tell the medication balancing act is part art
and part science.

Marie Myers It is the art and practice of medicine, for sure…Everyone can react differently…

J Alexander Lassally Mark - sounds rough. Was not familiar with the dopamine regime post surgery. How happy were you with ... Read more

J Alexander Lassally Mark - sounds rough. Was not familiar with the dopamine regime post surgery. How happy were you with UW staff and competence during stay? I am going to them now for post surgery follow up even though I did not have the surgery there.
Best of luck...