Yesterday morning my Dad was all ready to head into surgery

and we were there to send him off

My sis, and brother came down from the cities

It was an early trip for them

Mid afternoon...still waiting

we were told at one point it should be about 6:30pm when we get to see him

"they had a little problem with the valve so they had to tweak it"

Still waiting... now it's after 9:00, cant remember how it went but we have a window of opportunity to FINALLY eat supper.

Communication wasnt all that good, so we didnt dare leave the hospital in fear we'd miss the doctor. We had no clue why this is taking so long...

......way longer than it was suppose to.

Dr. Greason showed up looking like..... well, like he'd been on his feet operating all day.

To make a long story short, they found a "flap" in the aorta during a echocardiogram (after the surgery, but still before they closed him up), so they decided to put dad back on bypass for a second time and fugure out what that "flap" was. It was a piece of plaque like material, so they had to cut out that part of the aortic artery and graft it.
So that was random and unexpected.
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This afternoon about 14 hours after major heart surgery dad was sitting up in the chair and doing fairly well.

17 hours post of he was out of ICU.

A little early, I think, but he's in a good place with great nurses to watch him close.
He was a bit "foggy" today, and sort of loopy at times, but that's to be expected!
... I'm tired, so I shall sign off for now. (I feel loopy too)