Mitral Valve Replacement

[Guest guest]

My grandson (CHARGE 6 years old) is going to have his second open heart

surgery this summer. He will have his mitral valve replaced and his

pulmonary stenosis evaluated with a possible repair.

Has someone else been throught this already? I'm concerned regarding

the entire thing, but specifically with how we tell him and when.

[Guest guest]

try to have a dr explain the op to him but maybe with out all the techincal

terms

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> My grandson (CHARGE 6 years old) is going to have his second open heart

> surgery this summer. He will have his mitral valve replaced and his

> pulmonary stenosis evaluated with a possible repair.

>

> Has someone else been throught this already? I'm concerned regarding

> the entire thing, but specifically with how we tell him and when.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I hope you get some answers from people who have been there personally.

I recall being amazed so often of people being so concerned before the

surgery about set backs in development, pain and so on. then they

come on post-op and they are amazed at how fast recovery was, and how

fast the kids bounced back. For me with any surgery (once you get

past safety) the key is proper pain management, especially if the

child does not have a way to tell you.

Good luck,

Kim

Certfied HANDLE Screener and Intern

Mom to Dylan 10 CHaRGE, Kayla 16, Tyler 18

and wife to Roy who makes all things possible in our lives.

[Guest guest]

Thank you to everyone for your responses. I apprecite it so much!