Goodbye Everyone

wishing you all the best elliott 🙏

lets hope this is NOT goodbye!!!!

I'm having open heart surgery 12/28/23; new mitral valve made from Pig Heart Tissue. Entrance from side, no need to crack Sternum.

This guys doing it:

3-5 days in hospital; 6 weeks recouperation at home.

I need to get strong enough to drive to Maine for my mother's 101st birthday, so that explains the 28th to get started/done.

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I've had 21 surgeries, none serious like this one, but what has me anxious is getting a respiratory infection (I had covid twice and pneumonia twice earlier this year). Therefore Donna is wearing a Mask, I'm going nowhere, and I'm going to skip Christmas Day/Dinner with 14 family members, including 4 school kids among others who work in public situations.

Good luck and God Bless. Physicians know much about the heart and cardio vascular system. Be confident in the collective accumulation of knowledge and experience and the skills of your surgery team.

Wishing you a easy non stressful experience with your surgery and recovery.