Our daughter..

[Randy Kaar]

Our daughter, Shannon, will be having open heart surgery on Monday morning. I ask that you please keep her in your thoughts & prayers, that all goes well... Thanks, you guys



randy

[dakids]

. I ask that you please keep her in your thoughts & prayers, that all goes well... Thanks, you guys



randy

done. 
Best wishes to all, and keep us posted.

[Go Big Red!]

Holy    !!!!  Without question we'll keep you in our thoughts.  Hope all goes well Randy!!!

[Tyler Rother]

Will do Randy, sorry to hear that and hope all goes well!

Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

[beeker]

you got it

[Randy Kaar]

Thanks guys.. Then I ask myself whats next.....

randy

[Lee Borgersen]

Always tuff to hear younger persons having to go thru something like that.

May God watch over her.

[deadeye]

Sorry to hear that Randy.  My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.

[Dan R.]

Will do Randy

[kenhuntin]

I wish Her the best of luck. You Should not Have to worry too much old boy. Open Heart surgery today is about as routine as getting a couple stitches was when you were Her age. Granted it takes a little longer but She will be just fine.

[Randy Kaar]

She will be at Regions, one of the best in this country. She has been dealing with this for about
4 years and the health clinic could never figure it out.... Hopefully there is no heart damage.


randy

[DDSBYDAY]

     Good luck to your daughter and your family.  Our thoughts and prayers will be filling the operating room.  Just keep in mind how much better she will feel when it is all over with.  

[MTCOMMER]

I will be praying for your daughter as well and you and the rest of your family, any surgery is a tough thing to endure!

I am confident everything will be just fine - Regions is a fantastic facility!

[corny13]

Our thoughts and prayers are there for her, Regions is one of the best hospitals.  

[Outdoors Junkie]

Your daughter and family will be in our prayers Randy.

[The General]

Everything will be just fine.  She'll be back to normal in no time. 

[icebanger]

I will keep her and your family in my prayers my friend!!!!!!!!!

[guythathunts]

Done

[Randy Kaar]

She has never been normal General! 


She has a hole between the right and left chambers the size of a quarter. It is not suppose to be there. They will go inside her heart and put a patch in there.

randy

[HD]

She's got my prayers!

[Fawkinnae]

Randy very sorry to hear of her condition. Sounds like she is in good hands. I bet there is some relief in finally knowing what the problem is. Hope all goes well.

[beeker]

ohhh... I worked at medical device company in the twin cities with a patch that they used on VSD's (ventricular septal defect) . a close family friends daughter had a VSD and once she got it patched the parents could barely keep up with the kid it was like she was on redbull 24/7.   

hope all goes well

[The General]

She has never been normal General!  


She has a hole between the right and left chambers the size of a quarter. It is not suppose to be there. They will go inside her heart and put a patch in there.

randy

My mom had the same thing this last year and kept having mini strokes and they put that patch in and she has been doing great.  My sister age 32 had a stroke 2 years ago and she had the same thing and she too received the patch.  She ran a marathon this last year.  I can't remember what the doctor said but it was like 25% of the population has this same thing.  If my memory serves me right to get tested they shoot bubbles into the heart and watch to see if they pass through.  Keep your head up!

[sandmannd]

Thoughts and prayers to your daughter and your family Randy.

As others have said, these days these are pretty routine for the docs to perform. That's not to say it isn't hard to see your child going through this so hang in there. The nice thing is that MN has some of the best docs and care in the world!

If you need anything, let me know. I live close enough that if you need a hand with something I'll be there. 

[Mayfly]

Prayers sent Randy.

Hope everything will turn out OK and she will come back stronger and healthier! 

[Randy Kaar]

Thanks everyone! What scares me is they have to bypass the heart and stop it so they can work on it. Then hope they can get it going again...


randy

[kid #1]

Randy,
     When my dad had heart surgery I was also very scared.  The heart Dr. said that she loved working on younger people because they are stronger and are much less likely to die than old farts.  She also said that they can fix just about anything and have you home in a day or two.  They couldn't fix my dads heart problem without a lot of risks but she told him to come back in 5 years and it will be sameday surgery.  Good luck and I will have my religion class pray for your daughter also.
  Smile Randy, it will help your daughter.
  Sierra

[Randy Kaar]

Thanks kid #1 ! She will be in the ICU for 24 hours and then 4 to 5 days in the hospitial. They
want to through the groin area which would be 1 day thing. But the hole is to large to patch doing it that way. Its gonna be a long week next week....

randy

[kid #1]

If they can fix a hole in a babies heart before it is even born it should be easier on a girl that has already been born.  Tell your daughter that chicks are tougher than men and that scars are the bomb.

[Randy Kaar]

She knows she is tough! 6'1 She could whip most guys asses!  On a side note.. My aunt Ev was
the first person to survive open heart surgery. I think it was the late 50's i think. She died in the
early 70's.

randy