I didn't have a valve replacement. I was born with an atrial septal defect (a hole in my heart) and I had a bovine patch.
I'm just concerned as to how animals are treated.. obviously so many strides have been made in research, and lives have been saved as a result. It's just important to remember they come not just from hard work, but at a cost
it makes me feel all that much more thankful every day.
PS the man who performed my surgery passed away suddenly from a heart attack @ 52, two years after performing my procedure. I can't imagine how stressful it is to be a surgeon and make life and death decisions every day. I didn't know him that well (I was unconscious for most of our time together LOL) but I am ever so thankful to him too. The entire time I was in hospital he was there all the time, every day, well into the evening.
I'm sure this took a toll on him after so many years.
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Date: 2010-04-22 02:27 am (UTC)I'm just concerned as to how animals are treated.. obviously so many strides have been made in research, and lives have been saved as a result. It's just important to remember they come not just from hard work, but at a cost
it makes me feel all that much more thankful every day.
PS the man who performed my surgery passed away suddenly from a heart attack @ 52, two years after performing my procedure. I can't imagine how stressful it is to be a surgeon and make life and death decisions every day. I didn't know him that well (I was unconscious for most of our time together LOL) but I am ever so thankful to him too. The entire time I was in hospital he was there all the time, every day, well into the evening.
I'm sure this took a toll on him after so many years.