34m 5.1cm bicuspid valve
Hey y’all as this community has helped me a ton in the past few months I thought I’d jump on and share my progressing success story.
I found out about my 5.1cm aortic aneurysm in April after having no idea it was growing due to my bicuspid valve. Obviously a very scary discovery and despite my cardiologists odd advice to stay active and continue low level rock climbing, I kept it very chill to avoid any issues
Fast forward to today 7/1 and I’m very much on the mend from my root sparing surgery on 6/29 with Dr Desai at UPenn. I couldn’t say anything better about his expertise and how incredible the team has been.
The first few days were rough as I was fairly awake for the breathing tube to come out but after that and some of the chest tubes come out it is truly so much easier.
Again I cannot recommend Dr Desai enough and his confidence but my wife and I at ease throughout the whole process. We were referred by my wife’s family (medical careers on both sides) as he is one of the countries if not worlds leading surgeons in halve sparing surgeries.
I’m probably going home Friday and in disbelief of how manageable they have made this surgery.