Out of the hospital again - minus a kidney and a hernia!

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16. The valve replacement was barely noticeable!

Went in at 5:30 AM one morning, left for home the next afternoon at 3. A week later I was out walking, slowly with a walker, but walking.

They wanted to get the kidney as quick as possible since they were pretty certain it was cancerous, so a month after the valve replacement, I stopped taking the Plavix and a week later was the surgery. This was much rougher and will have a much longer healing period - they do not want me starting physical therapy until after the first of the year.

The beans were a steam in bag batch - little tiny pieces, so if there were strings they will be so short they won't be a problem.