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Hello. I'm Paul Durfee and I'm humbly asking for your help. Turns out my PA is too dilated for the TPVR approach and September 8th ill be undergoing a Hybrid Pulmonary Valve Replacement surgery. This will entail a full median sternotomy to plicate the PA and make it small enough for the Harmony(Medtronic) 25 mm Valve to be placed without fear of it migrating. There will be an anchoring stitch proximal and distal as well. They are doing the sternotomy instead of an anterior thorocotomy so if need be I can go on CBP in an emergency. It would be optimum if we could do the placement without going on by pass, due to the poor condition of my heart. Also there is a large lesion burden which would further complicate a sternotomy approach. This means I'll be down 4-8 weeks as my sternum and scarring heals. I have been approved for SSDI(disability) but that won't start till November 15th. I'm gonna need home care for a little bit after surgery, and honestly I've been since April without income. That's what this GOFUNDME is for, so I can recover. I can get help with food and utilities but rent, home care, bills, meds and such, I have no way of covering. My bill to UTSW is over $5400 after my VT Ablation of August 14th. They burned 5 areas in the ostium of the PA and RVOT. This is in preparation of the valve placement. Honestly, I don't know how I'm gonna do. For y'all that don't like GFM, my Zelle account is [email redacted].
I hope to see you all sometime in October. Till then thank you please send prayers and good vibes my way. Durfee
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Paul Durfee
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Dallas, TX