hrhashley

I hope not. I told my mom to sneak a burger into my room towards the end of the week!

Thank you so much for the congrats! Honestly, I think it's awesome. Some people ask me if it feels weird to me but 50 or 100 years ago at this time there wasn't really a high success rate for people with my condition in need of valve replacements, much less with an animal part! And best of all, my surgeon said that they'll be able to replace the cow valve in the future without invasive surgery. Technology's just getting better and better and giving people like me the opportunity to live long, healthy lives, so I think it's awesome.

And I'm very thankful for the cow.

I won't, I promise. My mom didn't think I was being very funny when I asked her to sneak me in a burger so soon after surgery. :) Just a little humor for my sanity!

Can I get a signed copy?

Haha! That would be freaky. Actually, the surgeon said that in the future when it has to be replaced, they can go in through a vein (or maybe an artery, I'm not a medical professional) in your leg that leads up to your heart and just replace it that way. He didn't go heavy on the details because that's 10 or 15 years into the future for me and we're focused on this surgery for now, but the fact that they can do that is so nifty. Maybe in 10 years they can do it through laser surgery, who knows!