Ivy Grace's party is a post celebration of her 18th birthday.
Happy birthday Andrei Jan!
It's Andrei's first birthday!
more pics here next time i log-in..
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MVP - heart defect
I just want to share this with you. Last year, I was diagnosed to have mitral valve prolapse. When my doctor declared that, my initial reaction is to be scared, frightened, and uneasy. But later on, I realized that there is nothing to worry about.
Mitral valve prolapse (also known as "click murmur syndrome" and "Barlow's syndrome") is the most common heart valve abnormality, affecting five to ten percent of the world population. A normal mitral valve consists of two thin leaflets, located between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart. Mitral valve leaflets, shaped like parachutes, are attached to the inner wall of the left ventricle by a series of strings called "chordae." When the ventricles contract, the mitral valve leaflets close snugly and prevent the backflow of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium. When the ventricles relax, the valves open to allow oxygenated blood from the lungs to fill the left ventricle.
In patients with mitral valve prolapse, the mitral apparatus (valve leaflets and chordae) becomes affected by a process called myxomatous degeneration. In myxomatous degeneration, the structural protein collagen forms abnormally and causes thickening, enlargement, and redundancy of the leaflets and chordae. When the ventricles contract, the redundant leaflets prolapse (flop backwards) into the left atrium, sometimes allowing leakage of blood through the valve opening (mitral regurgitation). When severe, mitral regurgitation can lead to heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms. Most patients are totally unaware of the prolapsing of the mitral valve. Others may experience a number of symptoms discussed below.
The mitral valve prolapse (MVP) syndrome has a strong hereditary tendency, although the exact cause is unknown. Affected family members are often tall, thin, with long arms and fingers, and straight backs. It is seen most commonly in women from 20 to 40 years old, but also occurs in men.
this is supposed to be the anatomy of the normal heart
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gwaping!
This cute little guy is my cousin's first child. His name is Andrei Jan Tepace. He's going to celebrate his first birthday on wednesday, January 9. And you are going to give him your gift. Hehehe! More of Andrei's pictures next time I log-in.
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Andrei
a paradise!
One of my hometown's beautiful spots is the "Bato" - an islet in an island. With me in the pictures below are my friends Jeremy Catucod and Victor Catucod.
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Tropang X's
new year in san luis!
I had a great new year with my peers.Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start
with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or
let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every
man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in
the things that were and are past.
~Henry Ward Beecher
In the pictures are Charlie Catucod, Kenneth Van Leonor, Paul Magdaraog, Jonathan Castillo, and Me!
more pics here.
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Tropang X's
love nature!
We know then the existence and nature of the finite, because we also are
finite and have extension. We know the existence of the infinite and are
ignorant of its nature, because it has extension like us, but not limits like
us. But we know neither the existence nor the nature of God, because he has
neither extension nor limits.- Blaise Pascal
One of the things I like in this world is the beauty of nature. I really appreciate it. Here are some pictures i took in my mother's garden.
more pics here.
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