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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Aortic Aneurysm

Member Since: July 17, 2019

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6 years ago (August 25, 2019)

25 days post surgery and getting stronger every day. Feeling good!

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Tracy Fallu

Great job!

Adam Collins

Good job. And seeing your numbers has inspired me to step up my walking game. :-)

Ann Crone

That's great! What device are you using to track your statistics?

Joey Hardee

Nice work, Erik. That's a good average heart rate, too! Pretty "chill" (as my daughters would say) : - )

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6 years ago (August 8, 2019)

Leaving my room at Mayo heading for home! This is Sean, one of my many awesome nurses. Hoping for a smooth flight to CO.

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Joy Vera

Going home is such a big step, Erik. Congrats! Coincidentally, one of my favorite nurses at the Austin Heart Hospital was a Sean too. Hope the flight went well.

Marie Myers

God Bless the nurses!!

Susan Lynn

Erik - You look fabulous! You and your family will probably be happy to get home. You'll see your recovery accelerate once you're in comfortable surroundings! Safe travels!

Mike Roskowinski

Awesome Erik. Safe travels glad to see you are on your way home. That room looks very familiar as I got to enjoy it there for 16 days!

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6 years ago (August 1, 2019)

Hi friends. My surgery went great on Wednesday and the doctors and nurses are pleased with my progress. I left the ICU around mid day today. Dr. Pochettino ended up doing the aortic root replacement as planned and he also replaced my ascending aorta and c

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Carlos Banuelos

Good to hear youâ€™re doing well. Itâ€™s all downhill after chest tubes come out. Makes it a lot easier to breathe. Welcome to the on-x club!

Susan Lynn

Looking great, Erik! Welcome to recovery! You did it! â¤

Adam Collins

Congratulations! Glad to hear from you! Each day from here gets a little bit easier, and any day where they remove a tube or unhook a machine is a good day indeed.

Barbara Wood

You look wonderful! Congrats & best recovery wishes!

Dan Baltazor

Excellent news!!!!!!!

Joy Vera

Welcome to recovery, Erik!

Tracy Fallu

Each day gets better and better. Youâ€™ll feel a world of difference after the removal of the chest tubes.

Susan Richards

I had Afib too which kept me in the hospital a day longer than planned. They put me on something called pacerdone (sp?) and a blood thinner. They said if it continues they would a cardio version.