Tag: 1990

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1980s 1990s Carer Health and Medicine Marfan Medical

Trenna’s Heart Valve Replacement – Part 1

A card giving details such as serial number and type of a prosthetic heart valve
Trenna carried this card around for the rest of her life in case of emergencies.

By Greg

I thought some readers of this site may find this story interesting. In it I tell you about Trenna’s surgery to have her aortic heart valve and ascending aorta replaced. I intended it to be a stand alone story, but it turns out the memories of those times are still pretty clear in my mind, and a lot happened, so, here is Part 1 of what has turned out to be a two part story of medical success … Read the rest ... “Trenna’s Heart Valve Replacement – Part 1”

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1990s iPad Knowledge Mofflyn Homes Snippets and Vignettes

1990

A young girl helping Trenna to unwrap a present.
"Family over, Lib's pressy for me". Lib is our niece. The gathering would have been for Trenna's 33rd birthday. I see Trenna's desk and our rotary dial telephone are in the lounge room. 8 September 1990.

Trenna’s Diary Summaries From Her iPad (with photos)

Intro and extra clarifications by Greg, the rest by Tren

As I’ve said previously … In Trenna’s iPad she has written summaries of each year. As you will see from what she has written she has gleaned the information retrospectively from a wide range of sources.
As I reproduce them on this site I’ll take the opportunity to clarify and expand on some of the stories. Trenna wrote these summaries (and there … Read the rest ... “1990”