Yay Amoxicillin

Had strep throat mid-January.

Got on Amoxicillin for ten days.

Day five of Amoxicillin, I got a full-body rash.  Cool.  Maybe an allergic reaction to the antibiotic, or maybe I had Mono?  Got a blood test for Mono – didn’t hear anything back (which usually means the results are negative).

Day ten of Amoxicillin, [...]

Merry Christmas and Happy 2012

From us, to you, with all that that implies.  Don’t get arrested.

On-X heart valve

My wife went into surgery Tuesday Aug 9th at 8am to replace a bicuspid aortic heart valve.

They found the existing heart valve was smaller than expected, so they fitted a 19mm mechanical heart valve and put the heart back together. This resulted in an unacceptable gradient, so they removed the valve, enlarged the [...]