Max Page underwent open-heart surgery on Thursday, he has already been up walking and flashing a smile at everyone he sees. Thank in part to his doctors at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. You may remember Max Page as the boy dressed like Darth Vader from the Volkswagen Commercials that aired during last Super Bowl half time.
Max, who was born with a congenial heart defect says he’s now feeling better other than “a little pain in my chest.”conference.
“My teary moments were when we first walked in last Wednesday because I knew what was coming,” Jennifer Page added. “As we packed up today and walked out that doorway, I fell apart in my husband’s arms again and said, ‘We’re going home.’ ”
Doctors say he will be spending the next six to eight weeks recovering from the heart surgery which replaced a pulmonary valve with a new, small adult-sized valve that should last 10 to 15 years. Pediatric Cardiologist Michael Silka, co-director of The Heart Institute at the hospital, said Max will continue to be monitored for infection while they are waiting for his body to accept the replacement valve.
Max, who has a reoccurring role on The Young and The Restless, has become involved in raising money for children who cannot afford surgery.
He told interviewers after hearing he was going to be released that he is eager to get home and start doing the stuff he likes “especially having a milkshake,” Max added.
