(knitted heart, with darned-up hole, a gift from wonderful Felix)
IT IS THE RIGHT KIND OF HOLE!!
Hurrah! The transesophageal wotnot procedure was a breeze (though it has left me feeling rather spaceage). Now I just have to wait for an appointment to insert the heart umbrella!
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Fantastic news!
Great news! I am happy for you. Love the knitted heart with darning too.
I too keep picturing a red cocktail umbrella, the sort you get in a pina colada or something equally sugary and exciting. What terrific news Kate, I’m so happy for you and Tom!
Great news!!! Love the knitted heart; it’s beautiful
Great news!
I’m so pleased, although the whole concept still sounds bizarre. Like other people, I keep thinking of paper cocktail parasols!
Best wishes for a speedy and totally effective procedure.
That’s really good news!
Best wishes from the Bronx, NY.
Hurray! Keep getting better!
Great news! I love the knitted heart and especially the darned hole :)
I’m so glad it went well! We will still be sending you those strong healthy thoughts, hope the next procedure is very successful and easy!
Yahooooooo!
yeah!!!! great news.
but I am wondering – this can’t be just any umbrella they put in your heart.
it should be a special parasol- lacy and pretty like those twirled by a lady while she walks in the park with her gentleman friend.
it couldn’t be a black utilitarian umbrella boring and stodgy whose main business is just keeping a person dry.
but maybe it could be a tartan plaid number with a wooden duck handle that I remember my Nana having and I used to like holding over my head as I splashed through puddles. I don’t remember staying dry but I don’t think it was the bumbershoots fault.
then again it needs to be very small so maybe the doctor has a supply of the little bamboo umbrellas that come in the fancy drinks at tiki bars.
whatever kind they use I am glad that you will soon be feeling better and soaring off like Mary Poppins with her umbrella.
Hooray!!! [enthusiastic dance of happiness ensues!] I’m so very glad to hear this news.
Haha, slippery fingers. That was supposed to say “big congratulations”.
How wonderful! A bit congratulation on the great news!
Huzzah! I am so pleased! I bet you are so relieved.
Oh Kate, wonderful news!!! Step by step, in so many ways things will be more like they were before your life turned upside down. I am relieved and excited for you that you can get this taken care of and move on.
!!!!!
Wonderful news! Next, the knitted umbrella…
YAHOOOooooo to your heart and to you too!!!!!
Have a wonderful, relaxing week-end!!!
Mary
Brill. You’ll be singin’ in the rain again.
Oh, SUCH good news. I hope the procedure is soon, and I fervently hope it works *perfectly*.
YAY!! That’s fantastic news :o)
Woo-hoo , love the knitted heart..and great news about the umbrella.
Don’t suppose they have choice of custom fair isle design umbrella? ? Hope it’s fitted soon.
Islay time for me starts Wednesday :-) :-) :-)
Yeah! You’ll be back to your old self in no time. What good news!
woo-hoo!
Hurrah! it is all very spaceage and I am absolutely intrigued by the idea of the tiny umbrella. Although the rational bit of my brain knows that it must be more in the nature of a patch I can’t help picturing a wee hooky handle and spokes.
Hooray! I hope the wait for the appointment is short, and the procedure a resounding success.
Wonderful news Kate !
Kate, great news and a wonderful gift from a friend. Have a lovely weekend.
Dawn
Best news evar!!!
Oh, excellent news! And what a fabulous heart and darning present! Hooray!
What a relief. I’m so glad it went well.
Sweet heart — a heartfelt gift! Clever, too.
I am so glad!
Great news Kate – love the knitted heart and soon yours will be mended too.
Blessing, Naomi
That’s fantastic news! Best of luck with the op–I can’t help but imagine them using a cocktail umbrella :)
amazing. such good news! that is a great gift. :)
Woo hoo hoo! Glad to hear you get to move forward on this! :)
oo and I thought I should also say I really like the grey border being back- it sets off your photos and lets the highlights sing. (we are on our second day of sunshine here in a row after 2+ weeks of rain- *grin* the world must be in sync with all sorts of good things)
Yea! to your heart!
Hurrah!!!! somehow the darning makes the knitted heart all that much more beautiful. woo hooo and best of luck!
Great news.
That knitted heart is fabulous !
Great news! congratulations, hopefully the wait won’t be too long!
I’m glad the procedure went well. What a magnificent present from Felix. So thoughtful and funny.
Thank goodness for Felix, cardiologists, umbrella makers and of course, YOU!
Felix the wonderknitter strikes again :-)
Good news, hope it all happens soon and you’re on your way to recovery quickly!
oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man
H O O O O O O O O R A Y ! ! ! ! ! !
What wonderful news! I am picturing you and Tom celebrating by doing the chicken dance in the doctor’s office.
And now I know, for sure, I will not be able to get this smile off my face for days and days.
So glad it is good news! Hope the next procedure is scheduled quickly.
I’m sure the knitted heart brought special karma in.
I’m so happy for you! The knitted heart is wonderful!
Hooray!
Great news! Good luck with the “umbrella”-insertion procedure. I hope it completes your healing process. You have such tremendous courage and you seem determined to live a beautiful life!
Somehow the darning in the knit heart is easier to understand. I mean, who will hold up the umbrella handle?
Brilliant news!
I am very glad a real “darn” can now be instigated!
Great news! Hope you get your op soon. That’s a fantastic gift.
love the encouraging news, Kate – things just keep moving right along, don’t they?
also, I heart your knitted heart :)
Huzzah! So pleased for you (and I do like that heart).
WONDERFUL news!!! And that Knitty’s mended heart is the perfect gift!
((((hugs))))
hooray! amazing and wonderful news.
Wonderful news. Hope you can get the “brolly’ fitted soon.
Such great, great news!
Oh, Yay! Good news indeed….
Sending good thoughts and hugs your way.
♥
That’s really good news!
OH That is FANTASTIC!! I don’t comment frequently, but I’ve been reading frequently and hoping very much that it’s the right kind of hole! As another active person currently decommissioned by injury, I am so happy to hear there’s a positive road ahead for you! You’ll be climbing over hill and dale soon.
Hi Kate,
I’ve just been reading your blog for the last weekend – I know what you mean about the campervan – I entered the comp ages ago and I have a feeling I might win it !!!!???? – I’m glad you had such a good time – and well done to Tom for such a good time in the race – hard going!
Great news about your heart op – I wish you well and soon – you are doing just fine and coming on apace.
Keep smiling
L
I’m so glad things went well. I hope your wait isn’t too long.
Excellent news – can you get a pretty umbrella like the ones you get in cocktails??!! I love the knitted heart – so clever!
I keep picturing a happy heart with one of those big, sturdy, old-fashioned, black umbrellas being held over it.
Wonderful news!
I second the American “yee-haw” — so fabulous!!
Good luck to you!
Such good news!!!
What a wonderful friend!!!
Life is good!!!
Hooray for it having been the right kind of hole!! Good luck with that little heart umbrella.
I’m very pleased for you!
Mazal tov, mazal tov!
Congratulations!!
(Who knew there was such a thing as the right kind of hole?)
Fabulous news!
That heart is awesome and I’ll bet yours will be too, and hopefully in a very short while.
Huzzah! So heart-glad for you :)
that’s wonderful! hope you feel 100% again in no time!!
Isn’t the internet a strange and magical place? I was just checking my emails when your post popped up with the tag ‘heartening’. I didn’t really need to check your blog to know that it must be good news. But I did, of course, and I was greeted by that fabulous knitted creation – just perfect, and such good news for you. It must be a huge relief. Perhaps Felix can knit you a space helmet to match your spaceage feeling.
Good good news :) and brilliant heart! Going to search Ravelry for a heart pattern now :D
Hurrah! I luuurve the knitted heart, too, xx
A big ol’ American YEEEEEHAAWWW! Best wishes for a quick follow-up appointment!
That’s great. Best wishes, Joan
wonderful news – I hope the wait is short
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