heart valve Archives - Valerie Archual

Entering The Twilight Zone

March 9, 2017 Valerie Archual Comments 4 comments

Rod Serling couldn’t have said it better himself. “Who knew that answering one phone call could open up a whole new dimension? Valerie Archual knew, and that’s when she entered… The Twilight Zone.” The call was another cardiologist’s office scheduling what was called a “TEE” or transesophageal echocardiogram. Like the regular echocardiogram, it’s still an ultrasound, only they stick this long tube that contains the ultrasound wand down your throat and into your esophagus to get a closer…

A summer filled with heartache, in more ways than one…

March 2, 2017 Valerie Archual Comments 4 comments

The summer of 2016. It was here. It would mark the last summer before my ‘baby’ would leave for college. I wanted it to be memorable. The entire senior year was filled with bittersweet tears. If you are a mom and have traveled this road, you know exactly what I’m talking about. I planned different things, we did different things, but I wanted to make this summer count! Our church had been organizing a summer mission’s trip to New Zealand….