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Trenna’s Heart Valve Replacement – Part 2

INR Test Machine
Our home INR testing machine - well worth the money

Regular readers: I’m sorry this one has taken so long to appear. The website was broken and I was having trouble fixing it. I’m not sure why it is working now, but, on with the story…

To the Operating Room

It was maybe 8pm by the time we got word that Andrew Hodge was on his way. The team of doctors and nurses that were now constantly surrounding Trenna started moving her bed to the lifts to take her to … Read the rest ... “Trenna’s Heart Valve Replacement – Part 2”

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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”