Mary's Posts

6 of the hardest days of my life. I am home, recovering in spite of a nasty UTI. All I can say is I cried tears of joy waking up from surgery, cried tears of pain, tears of exhaustion. But, I am home with my family. In fact my surgeon says I have the smallest internal organs and heart he has seen. Far too small to use the smallest valve made, so he had to enlarge the area to replace the valve. I suffered a severe allergic reaction during surgery to which medication, they are unsure. It almost cost me my life, but I am still here for some reason. Praise God.

I spent 5 hours yesterday getting all my pre-op tests done. I cant believe its only 6 days until my first OHS. It went so fast. While I could think of about a 1000 other things I would rather be doing and have always HATED my cardiology check ups (since 2 years old I have been a cardiac pt) ...... i am so thankful for the work they do and thankful I can be helped. Without intervention I would have only survived to 25 years old. I am very lucky to have gone another 30 years before I needed more intervention. I feel like theres so much I want to do in the next days. One thing I will be doing for sure is driving tractor. Helping my husband bring hay in before surgery.