Hi Friends, It's been a long emotional day. Dirk went in to surgery at about 7 am and as of 7pm is still in surgery. All of the procedures are complete and they are now doing beeding control before closing him up. GOOD NEWS: It was discovered that the leaky valve thought to be un-reparable and needing replacement was in fact repairable and so no replacement was needed. This will save Dirk from having to have any required eplacements every 10 years. Thanks Be to God! Love, Dirk and Linda