Grandma's Eyes

Just for everyone's information, Grandma Larsen is going in tomorrow for catarac surgery on her eyes. Thought we could keep her in our prayers!!

surgeries

Graci's surgery went very well. If you want to follow her progress, go to www.kidjunkies.blogspot.com
Dean's appointment with the surgeon went well and surgery is scheduled for Oct. 22nd. It looks like he will be getting a mechanical valve replacement and about a 4-5 inch reconstruction of the aorta artery. He will then need to be on cumadin (sp?) the rest of his life. One thing good about the mechanical valve is that it lasts forever. Another is that the body wont reject it. Yea! We will be glad to get it done. The surgeon said without the surgery he might live 2 years. Crazy, huh? We are so grateful for all the medical advances and doctors. Thanks again for all your concern and prayers.

Hi Everyone, Just letting you all know that Graci didn't have her surgery on the 18th, but has been rescheduled for Monday morning, the 22nd. The doctor was ill. Oh, and Dean has the bad gene, or Factor V Leiden, which is a blood-clotting problem. We knew he probably had it because Christi and Leslie have it and I don't. What this will influence is the type of valve Dean will get and it is probably the cause of the artery blockage. We have our meeting with the surgeon on Tuesday. Love to all, LaRita

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Happy Birthday Grandma Larsen and Keith

Happy Birthday today to Grandma Larsen and Keith! Grandma is 81 and Keith is ?????? Hope you both have a great day!

Dean's Heart

We're so glad Diane doesn't have to have surgery yet. That's great! Dean went in for his first procedure on Friday. They put a stent in his renal artery and checked out all the arteries. There is no other blockage, so no bypasses. (YEA) He was able to watch everything on a monitor because they didn't put him clear out. It took just a couple of hours. He stayed down for two hours and then they let him go since we could stay in the Salt Lake Valley. He's back to work tomorrow. He is on a Plavix for a month, then when he's off that for at least a week, they can do the open-heart surgery. We will go up in about a week to meet with the surgeons to determine a date for that. We just want to get it done. The hospital there is so amazing and wonderful and we are so greatful for all the new technology and doctors. It will be so much better to get done now than 15 years ago. Love to you all.

Diane's Heart Update...

Well, I was waiting for my mom to post her update, but she hasn't done it yet, and I'm impatient! But, she met with the heart surgeon, and he said they are okay to just watch it for a little while. She will have to have the valve replaced, but hopefully they can wait a while before having to do it. She will have to have an echo. every 6 months to see if anything has changed. We are excited that she can have a little more time before the major surgery stuff. Thanks for everyone's fasting and prayers in her behalf!! Love you all!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Melissa! Hope you have a great day!!