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Emergency Room
Emergency Room
Dad's Final Stay in the Hospital Started With a Fall in the Parking Lot of the Wellness Clinic. The Cardiologist Said His Heart's Aorta Valve Was Severely Calcified And Had To Be Replaced.
View
View
Room With a View - Actually This Was From The Family Room On His Floor.
Courtyard
Courtyard
The Courtyard Outside the Cafeteria at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, CA.
Hoser
Hoser
One Final Procedure to Determine the Extent of the Value Surgery - Replace the Aorta Valve, Repair the Tricuspud Valve & Repair or Replace the Mitral.
Stroll
Stroll
Walking Nancy Out The Night Before His Surgery.
Stroller
Stroller
Nancy Had Broken Her Foot 6 Weeks Earlier.
Re-Valved
Re-Valved
Just Out of Surgery - 7 Hours, 4 Hours On The Heart Lung Machine. Replaced One Value And Repaired The Other Two.
Lookin' Good
Lookin' Good
Nancy And I Both Thought He Looked Great.
Up and Out
Up and Out
He Was Out of Bed The Next Day, And...
Lapper
Lapper
... Taking Laps in the ICU The Following Day.
Foodie
Foodie
He Began Eating Solid Food As Well.
Farewell
Farewell
He Was Scheduled To Be Moved From The ICU The Following Day But a Pulmonary Embolism Ended His Life. We Love And Miss You Dad!