Good Doctor Visit

Dan got a good report Monday from his doctor visit at the VA in Madison. He had a echo cardiogram from last time that they said was almost normal. His heart had shrunk to almost normal size. If the echo cardiogram that he had this time is as good or better then he won't have to go back for a year. So............... his medicine stays the same which he will have to stay on.......... period. Right now the doctor doesn't feel there is a need for valve replacement but in time he will need valve repair. So with the medicine slowing the heart down so it wouldn't work so hard help the enlarged heart to shrink and this has improve the mitral valve function (the leakage part)....................... this is what I'm understanding.

So the above was good for us to hear considering a year ago we were figuring on an immediate surgery to replace the mitral valve. So we hope for the best....................