Surgery Feb. 4, 2008
Okay. Dad entered the hospital at 5:30 a.m. this morning. They did a CT scan with contrast because of the possibility of something the doctor thought he found on Friday afternoon.
The CT scan showed a double blockage (in additon to the aneurysm) in his heart. So they added a double bypass to his aneurysm surgery. This made the surgery really long. At about 4:00, they were finished and have now moved him to the ICU building.
He is doing really well. There is some bleeding that they're trying to stop right now, but his blood pressure is fine (keeping it low right now to control the bleeding and keep his heart quieter). He looked really good when I saw him.
I said Hi to him and his blood pressure jumped to 135. They said that was a really good sign. I'm not so sure that making his blood pressure rise is a good sign. :) But it seems that even under drugs, he recognized my voice.
He won't be awake until tomorrow morning. Since the surgery was so long and more complicated than they originally thought, he might be in the ICU two days instead of one, which is what we expected. So it depends on how he responds when he "wakes" up tomorrow.
I've been told to go back to the hotel and get some rest since I'll be taking care of him once he's released (which we don't know now because of the length of the surgery, again). But he's alive and doing fine and I am so grateful to Heavenly Father that your Dad and the love of my life is doing well.
It was a miracle that the aneurysm was found. It was a second miracle that the two blockages were found and are now fixed. I believe that your Dad will be doing much better physically than he has for the last couple years because of the double bypass he needed that we didn't know about.
I will stay for one more visit (he'll still be out). Then I'm going back to the hotel to rest.
Love you all,
Thanks for your phone calls and concern. It's great to know we have this great man in our lives still.
Take care.
The CT scan showed a double blockage (in additon to the aneurysm) in his heart. So they added a double bypass to his aneurysm surgery. This made the surgery really long. At about 4:00, they were finished and have now moved him to the ICU building.
He is doing really well. There is some bleeding that they're trying to stop right now, but his blood pressure is fine (keeping it low right now to control the bleeding and keep his heart quieter). He looked really good when I saw him.
I said Hi to him and his blood pressure jumped to 135. They said that was a really good sign. I'm not so sure that making his blood pressure rise is a good sign. :) But it seems that even under drugs, he recognized my voice.
He won't be awake until tomorrow morning. Since the surgery was so long and more complicated than they originally thought, he might be in the ICU two days instead of one, which is what we expected. So it depends on how he responds when he "wakes" up tomorrow.
I've been told to go back to the hotel and get some rest since I'll be taking care of him once he's released (which we don't know now because of the length of the surgery, again). But he's alive and doing fine and I am so grateful to Heavenly Father that your Dad and the love of my life is doing well.
It was a miracle that the aneurysm was found. It was a second miracle that the two blockages were found and are now fixed. I believe that your Dad will be doing much better physically than he has for the last couple years because of the double bypass he needed that we didn't know about.
I will stay for one more visit (he'll still be out). Then I'm going back to the hotel to rest.
Love you all,
Thanks for your phone calls and concern. It's great to know we have this great man in our lives still.
Take care.
posted by Mom Nixon at 17:08
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