Mended Hearts Open Forum

Hello I am Tammy, just went through open heart surgery for Infective Endocarditis.

Which basically what happen was I got infected by a rare bacteria called T Whipple in my blood stream (comes from soil and water I was a gardener) and it started growing a garden on my value in my heart.  I had to have both values replaced (cow values) and ended up with a pace maker because it threw my bottom chamber rhythm off.

So I was very Blessed and I am very new to all of this and all at 61 years old.  They said that the bacteria had been in my blood stream for about a 1.5 years to cause the damage it did.

Thanks for any information you can pass on

Tammy

Hello I am Tammy, just went through open heart surgery for Infective Endocarditis.

Which basically what happen was I got infected by a rare bacteria called T Whipple in my blood stream (comes from soil and water I was a gardener) and it started growing a garden on my value in my heart.  I had to have both values replaced (cow values) and ended up with a pace maker because it threw my bottom chamber rhythm off.

So I was very Blessed and I am very new to all of this and all at 61 years old.  They said that the bacteria had been in my blood stream for about a 1.5 years to cause the damage it did.

Thanks for any information you can pass on

Tammy