| Hi there Terijo, I think it is very wise that you look for someone that has experience with these operations. I was sent to a Cardiac specialist when I found out I had a PFO, and was trying to make the decision to close it or live on the blood-thinner drugs. I was told that the procedure, while simple, and quick, as far as recovery, is rather obscure, and not just any heart surgeon can do it. I was told that in my entire city of Tucson, that there was only one cardiac surgeon that did the surgery, and he had not done many, he said one or two a year! I was nervous with that, and I found a guy that was really good named Samuel Butman, he was still in the state of Arizona, but about 5 hours away. I am not sure how my cardiac guys worked it out, but Dr.Butman flew into town and operated on me and two others all in the same day! He told be that he had done the exact same procedure about 150 times! I felt much better about that than the other guys dozen or so. So, if it were me, I would go to further lengths to get a good one. As far as the allergy testing, I never had that, which is really a shame, if something had been a problem. Luckily, nothing has happened, and I was deemed with a clean bill of health and am now off all the blood-thinners, for the first time in 4 years! Good luck and keep us posted what all goes on with your son, we would love to help in whatever little bit we can. Take care, Leigh Anne DelRay --- On Mon, 8/4/08, Terijo Brewton <terijo@...> wrote: From: Terijo Brewton <terijo@...> |
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