Mitral Valve Prolapse with Regurgitation was diagnosed when I was about 18 years old and planning for college.  At that time, I was surprised, but the doctor assured me that MVP is a fairly common heart murmur and not to worry about it at all.  Twelve years later it became a much different story.  May 1 is my 11 Valviversary, 11 years since Open Heart Surgery.

It was lovely early fall day, and I just couldn’t imagine how the wee one growing inside me was already pushing up so hard, making it hard for me to catch my breath.  At six months pregnant, one doesn’t expect that to happen just yet.  It took me by surprise that after walking down to the neighborhood 7-11 for a newspaper one morning, I was unable to walk back home.

The next day I placed a call into my doctor, asking for some exercises I could do to move the baby, because all the things I already knew (this was a baby #4) were not working.  It did not get my attention yet, although looking back it should have, but it was my doctor who called back not the nurse.  Dr. Weary told me he had made arrangements for me to see a cardiologist the next day.
To Be Continued Next Week