The Doctor just came out and gave us a briefing. Everything went well and he is now in recovery. He will be transferred to the Thoracic ICU in about an hour. He will still have the tube in his mouth and down into his lungs to help with breathing. As far as what surgical procedures actually took place:
They took a vein from his R leg and used it to construct 4 out of 5 of the bypass grafts. The 5 graft came from a small vessel underneath his chest. He will be on a respirator for the next 7-10 hours. If all goes well they will be able to wean him off by sometime tomorrow morning. They also did a procedure that is called the Maze procedure. In general terms- They make a series of incisions that will form scars that help normalize or control the electrical impulses the heart uses to rhythmically control the heart beat. There is still a chance that he could go into what is called A fib or abnormal heart rhythm. So they have a temporary pacemaker in place in case they need to bring his heart back into normal rhythm. He will be well medicated for pain and comfort as he will have tubes/drains, IV lines etc in place. They hope to be able to start him sitting up tomorrow and then start early stage Cardiac Rehab on Sunday If all goes well, they may even transfer him to the step down unit on Sunday. As he will be spending tonight and possibly Saturday night in the ICU. He/we will not be able to use his cell phone.
Jaren
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