This is my second one. The first was 20 years ago. New technology, they didn't even open me up this time. They just snaked some wire mesh with three pieces of bovine tissue attached through my femoral artery, shoved it into the old crusty valve and expanded it with a ballon to keep it in place. They sent me home the next day. It was little dicier than that but this is the happy version.
It all held together fine Tuesday on a little deer hunting walk. I started out the back door at almost 6,000' and in a 1/2 mile was up to about 7,000' puffing pretty hard. I crossed over a saddle and made a mile loop back to the house. I didn't see a deer but I was in some pretty spots. Going another direction tomorrow, not so much up and a lot more over.
