Originally Posted by Morris,Feb 25 2005, 10:53 AM

Follow up on my earlier post. Yesterday we went to UCSF and had another echocardiogram. Her aorta is now clear! The thing that was in there, that clots were breaking off of, was a big clot, (could have been a tumor) and it has now dissolved through medication. So she has avoided major surgery. We are soooo thankful.
Please all of you, if you have medical problems, be sure to get a second, or even a third opinion. If we had listened only to the surgeon, she would have had open heart surgery on January 31st, and it would have been UNNECESSARY!
Thanks Josey and MSPerky, for your kind words.