B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. March 4. 1972
Plastic Valve Means
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Howard Erb and his wife, Arlene, in their home off West
Lincoln Avenue.
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"VOtmer
Heart
A Lititz RD2 man has a new
lease on life these days, thanks to
a plastic valve that surgeons put
in bis heart six months ago.
Howard Erb, salesman, auc
tion clerk, ex-farmer, faced
certain death last summer.
Today, following open heart
surgery, he is back on his job and
“a new man,” as his wife says.
Many local farmers and sale
enthusiasts will know Erb from
his years as a clerk at the Garden
Spot Auction and Green Dragon,
and as a salesman for Roy
Brubaker, farm implement
dealer.
Discovering the 54-year old
Erb’s heart condition came about
in a routine manner for all the
drama that was to follow.
Five years ago (the first time
in about 20 years, he says) he
went to his family doctor because
he had a cold. Upon examining
him, the doctor found an
irregular heart beat, and further
examination turned up a bad
valve leading to the aorta, or
main artery in the heart.
The doctor advised him he
needed surgery, but Erb put it
off, not ready to face such an
ordeal.
Erb nursed his faulty heart
along for five years, but in July of
1971 it finally caught up with him,
and he had a heart attack.
Following near death, he was
convinced that he could no longer
put off the surgery.
Choosing the hospital and the
surgeon was a big step, and after
talking to other persons who had
undergone open heart surgery, he
decided on Temple University
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Hospital in Philadelphia. He went
there almost immediately after
his release from Lancaster
General Hospital, where he had
been taken when he had his heart
failure.
Dr. Gerald Lamole was to
perform the operation. He told
Erb he had a 50-50 chance of
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The operation itself lasted
about five hours, a long day of
waiting and wondering for his
wife, Arlene, and two teenage
daughters. He was taken from his
room at 7 a.m. and brought back
about 2:30 that afternoon. The
first word Mrs. Erb received was
at noon, when the surgeon came
to the room to tell her the valve
was in place and things were
going smoothly.
Following two weeks in the
hospital, during which his wife
drove back and forth from Lititz
every day to be with him, Erb
was sent home to recuperate.
Facing the overwhelming fact
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