Mike’s progress

by | Jan 7, 2010 | Mike

Mike is continuing to do well. We are still in CVICU but only because there are no beds available in the step down. We may be discharged directly from here. Today he has walked around again and is currently watching movies. He is a little tired of sitting but once he...

Mike in CVICU

by | Jan 4, 2010 | Mike

Mike is in CVICU. He is doing well and starting to wake up a little. Mike woke up between 9:30 and 10:00 and wanted the breathing tube out. They were finally ready about 10:40 and he was too! He kept motioning for them to get the show on the road. Once that came out...

Mike’s surgery

by | Jan 4, 2010 | Mike

Mike is in the OR being prepped for surgery. We talked to the surgeon before he went back and everything looks good so far. The OR nurse called and all is going well so far. Here is link to an explanation of what is happening to Mike Dr. Petracek just came out and...

Update from Mike

by | Dec 7, 2009 | Mike

Many people have asked for updates on my upcoming heart surgery so herein i am risking an attempt at being offensive by sharing through a mass email… For those of you who don’t know, i’m sorry that this is how you find out, but i will be having...

Surgery is scheduled

by | Dec 4, 2009 | Mike

We met with the surgeon today. Everything looks good and surgery is scheduled for Jan 4th. Hooray for a Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas for Mike.

Mike is resting and background

by | Nov 23, 2009 | Mike

Mike is doing well. He is resting this afternoon. A little background for those of you that are wondering what is going on with Mike. Mike has a bicuspid aortic valve. We found it about 7 years ago during a doctors visit. We knew then that a valve replacement surgery...