I just got off the phone with Ann Marie.
Chris (or should I say Crisco?) is out of surgery. According to his surgeon, everything went as planned, and actually couldn't have gone better. His surgery took a full four and a half hours, but Ann Marie got to receive regular updates in the waiting room, so time flew by quickly. At least on her end of things.
Now that he's off of the operating table, our favorite patient was just wheeled past his loving wife and whisked off to the cardiac intensive care unit, where he'll stay for the next 24 hours. Don't worry, it's typical procedure to treat him as though he's in critical condition, even though he's doing just fine. They'll keep him closely monitored since it was such a major surgery, but sometime tomorrow, should everything go well, he'll be moved to the regular unit. With the other regular people shuffling around in hideously ugly hospital gowns, spoon-feeding themselves green jello and moping about how their tiny TVs don't get any of the good channels.
So Chris, as you recover, we'll be thinking of you and praying for a speedy recovery. Hoping you at least get cherry-flavored hospital cafeteria jello. That's by far the best kind.
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Woohoo! Way to go, Chris! Thanks for keeping us informed! Now for a speedy recovery...
Great news! So happy to hear that the operation went well.
That is wonderful news! Thank you for letting us posted. Now comes the hard part...for Nurse Ann Marie! Hopefully, Chris will follow doctors orders and get plenty of rest.
YAY!!! Now, (as others have said) for a good and speedy recovery :) Yay for Ann Marie too for hanging in there for 4 1/2 hours and keeping it together. It must have been the longest 4 1/2 hours. I am glad it is over and surgery went well.
For Anonymous: Ross Procedure I had to look it up too :) -
http://www.cts.usc.edu/rossprocedure.html
In a nutshell - they cut the bad part of the aortic valve and replace with a better one
YAY!!! Now, (as others have said) for a good and speedy recovery :) Yay for Ann Marie too for hanging in there for 4 1/2 hours and keeping it together. It must have been the longest 4 1/2 hours. I am glad it is over and surgery went well.
For Anonymous: Ross Procedure I had to look it up too :) -
http://www.cts.usc.edu/rossprocedure.html
In a nutshell - they cut the bad part of the aortic valve and replace with a better one
Way to go Chris, all the prep and good care of yourself paid off. We kept you in our thoughts and prayers all night and day. Thanks so much for thinking of us all and setting up this blog. So, was that Becky's writing or what? Great job. Have a great recovery.
Ray
Glad to hear everything went as planned and you're on the road to recovery!
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