Michael Morrison - Heart Valve Journal

Kathie Morrison Hang in their Michael. Big surgery, let your body set the pace for your recovery. You got this!

Marshall Rader Stay positive my friend !! Small set back I'm sure !!

Deena Elani I had three drainage tubes and they were all left in me until the night before discharge. (so five days). -- and I was not having any abnormal discharges. ... Read more

Lynn Loudermilk Wooo keep working on the breathing, yes that is difficult. I am up to 1600, too me a while. Chest tubes...all i can say is ug. Was so glad when they were gone. You are doing well keep it up.

Michael Morrison Came back from my third walk to my nurse saying the last tube was coming out! A million times better already!!! Thanks all

Anooj Zaveri Glad to hear you’re in good spirits, Michael. That’s awesome you’ll be getting that last tube out! Stay strong!

Sue Cortner Definitely phone & charger cord - that’s what Chuck missed most when he went in last year.

Peter Luxenberger I just saw your question. For my hospital stay I took my phone along with my tablet with their chargers and headphones. I had a robe, pajama bottoms and slippers ... Read more

Rose Madura The best thing for me that is out of the ordinary was a travel pillow for napping in the chair.

Anooj Zaveri A pair of headphones would be good to drown out the noise outside your room. If your tablet doesn’t have a built in kickstand, may want to bring something ... Read more

Michael Morrison Thanks all! Anooj, good call out on the kickstand...didn't even think of that. Guess I'll have to have the Amazon fairy send me one. ;)

Adam Pick Keep your head high Michael. I realize how un-fun this is. The silver lining may be that the lipoma was detected, right? So you know, my wife had Bell's ... Read more

Michael Morrison Thanks Adam! Love the community and your constant involvement on this site!

Mike Roskowinski Hey Michael sorry to hear your struggles. I understand how you feel with the lets get it over and let me quit having to worry about it. I only knew about ... Read more

Rose Madura I understand. You feel like you are walking on eggshells waiting for the other shoe to drop! Showing my age here but I had annual echos since the echo was ... Read more

Herb Greenberg Very similar expansion here. Now I'm 4.9. Surgical w/BAV is 5.5. In my case the left ventricle has grown a tad, for the first time in the 40 years I have been ... Read more

Michael Morrison Interesting Herb, I have always been told by my cardiologist that w/BAV, we get surgerated on at 5.0cm.

Herb Greenberg Well, unless I have this wrong – and I very well could – the guidelines were changed a year or two ago. Here is a link from 2018: https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(18)31255-8/pdf. ... Read more

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

http://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223

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Herb Greenberg I stand corrected: Cleveland Clinic's guidelines (just off the phone with them) are closer to 5.0cm, in part I believe b/c of their low mortality rate. This ... Read more

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Michael Morrison Ah, cool. thanks for the reading materials. ;)

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