First off, thank you for all your prayers.
Rather than going open heart and fixing everything at once, i elected to have the one valve that was really bad replaced and see what happens. One surgeon felt that the aortic valve replacement might even make the other ones get better. After Monday's tests they pushed the surgery way up. It had gotten bad enough that they feared I could die at any moment.
The difference is amazing, I could feel the improvement as soon as I recovered from the anesthesia. I have to be extremely lazy for the next month or so while things are growing together.
Or, at least, that’s what Dad always used to say. He always said, “Filleting fish, cleaning game, butchering, carving a roast or turkey… you keep your knife hand clean and dry. Your left hand will get messy, your knife hand STAYS CLEAN.”
“…unless you’re field dressing, then you get in there and get it done. Wash your hands in the snow afterwards, but get it done, Open up the carcass and get the meat cooling. Field dressing’s different.”
My heater is in the process of crapping out. The aux heat keeps coming on constantly. I didn't notice till I just got my latest electric bill. It's triple what it normally is. I put in the service request with American Home Shield yesterday. If I'm lucky the hvac people will call me tomorrow. When they will actually show up to fix it is a crap shoot.This system is the one they put in when they built the house in 2003. The coils in the attic unit are solid rust. They will either have to completely rebuild it or install a new unit. I'll update later. I'm freezing. I do have backup heat both electric and propane plus the fireplace.
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