My dad's just had major hear surgery today. We took him into hospital last night where he seemed amazingly calm and collected considering what he was about to go through. I on the other hand, was a complete bag of nerves and I can only imagine what I would have been like if I had been him! His surgery was scheduled for 8:30 this morning and at 12:00 the surgeon called me to let me know how things had gone. He said that his valve really was in bad shape so it's a good job that he was able to replace that now before it had become a major problem. He also did one bypass and that was the only extra work that was necessary. He expected him to make a good recovery.
Surprisingly we were able to see him tonight as the nurses in Intensive Care said he was awake and talking. He was asleep when we got there but he woke up after a few minutes and was pretty lucid considering how drugged up he must be, but anyway he was awake enough to know he was missing a football game on TV!
The nurses said he required less medication than most people of his age which was a good sign and showed that he must be in pretty good shape for his age. They gave him a few more pain killers and he was asleep again. We'll be back to see him tomorrow....
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