Told from inside the crisis, treatment and recovery, My Heartfelt Journey follows Jim from a crowded Jerusalem emergency room -- where he turns to AI for help understanding the mayhem of the moment -- through conflicting medical opinions, treatment in California, and the discoveries that follow. Along the way, he questions doctors, trades jokes with nurses and tries to reconcile how well he thought he felt with the seriousness of what was happening inside his body. His wife, Jill, brings warmth, humor and her own clear perspective to the experience they share.

At the center of the journey is TAVR, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, a remarkable procedure that replaces Jim’s failing aortic valve without traditional open-heart surgery. Soon afterward, he is breathing more easily, sleeping through the night, climbing hills with newfound energy -- and cleared to ski and go on another international work trip just a few months post procedure.

Only then does it fully dawn on Jim how much his life had quietly narrowed -- and how completely he had adjusted to it.

Intimate, candid and often unexpectedly funny, My Heartfelt Journey captures the disquieting ease with which diminished health can begin to feel normal, and the astonishment of discovering how much can still be restored. It is also an inside account of how medical knowledge, technology and compassionate care can return not only years of life, but the life within those years.