WINDSOR– The holiday season is a time for enjoying the ones you love and reflecting on all the gifts in your life. This time of year is always especially meaningful for Joan Douglas of Bloomfield. There was a point when she continually feared that the next Thanksgiving or Christmas would be her last.
“It started off with common cold symptoms which led to double lobar pneumonia. I was treated and started to feel better,” said Douglas. “I began to have shortness of breath again and I was told that I needed my mitral valve replaced.”
A mitral valve is located between the heart's left atrium and left ventricle. It has two flaps that open and close together like a pair of swinging doors. When the heart beats, the left ventricle pumps blood out to the body and the flaps swing shut. This keeps the blood in the ventricle from going back into the left atrium.
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