Wow. Is he doing okay? All of ours who've had them done have come through very well.
He is doing great. This was last Thanksgiving.
My husband had to have an Aortic Valve and 3 bypasses done back in 1993. He never had a heart attack but tests showed he had a leaky valve and blockages. Since he had an artificial valve he had to be on blood thinner (Coumadin) for the rest of his life. That is a catch 22. If blood to thick it could build up on his valve and break off and cause a stroke. If too thin he could have a bleed through. Which is what happened to him almost 3 years ago. He had a bleed in the brain and was in the rehab for a month. Paralyzed on his left side, but he finally came out of it pretty well. It slowed him down alot. He has to get his blood (pro-time) checked every two weeks to make sure the consistency is in the right range.