Michael was given a “stress test” to check how his heart responds during strenuous activity. He was hooked up to a monitor that checked his heart rate and also checked his blood pressure every minute. They put him on a treadmill and told Michael that he was going to walk the equivalent of a small hill. (Michael said it was more like a small mountain!!) They inclined the treadmill and told him that every 3 minutes it would change to a “steeper” grade!! Michael said that after 5 minutes he felt that he was working to the point where he would have generally stopped himself so as not to “over do” it, but the doctor monitoring the “stress test” told him he was no where near the target heart rate!! They wanted Michael to get to a heart rate of 181 beats per minute and it took Michael a l-o-n-g time to get there!! The doctor said they look for “spikes” in his heart rate as he is on the treadmill, but Michael’s was a slow, gradual increase in heart rate which proves his heart is working perfectly!! Once Michael reached the target rate of 181, he was breathing heavily and REALLY working!! They then slowed him down for about 1 minute and then let him lay down. The monitor then showed that after Michael’s heart hit that stress level of 181, he recovered quickly, and it only took his body about 5 minutes to return to his “normal” heart rate of mid 90’s. Other than his slightly elevated heart rate, the doctor was very pleased with Michael’s results, and, he has cleared Michael to do just about anything he wants to do!! AMEN!! He will have periodic checkups to monitor his heart rate and check his valve, but the doctor told him to “go to college and have fun!!”