My daughter Felisha was born in 1997 in Asheville, NC with moderate/severe EA. She ran and played like all the other kids but just tired a little sooner but she rested a little then went again. At age 5 Dr. Tripp at Asheville Cardialogy and Dr. Darani at the Mayo Clinic decided it was time to fix her valve so we got on the road to MN. She had her valve replaced with a pig valve and she has been doing great ever since. She now is 13 and the valve is leaking a little as expected, Dr. Darani said maybe it would last for 6 or 7 years. Darani and the guys at Mayo are alsome, and if anyone out there is trying to decide were to go for surgery, there is no better place to go in my opinion.