Heart to heart

I think Dad must have had a little heart to heart with his heart last night. According to Mom, they turned down his temp pacemaker today and his heart has started to work some on its own. Still a long way to go, but that wish on my eyelash yesterday after I left the hospital must have worked (Yep, Melanie, I did it too!).

Today was the first day I didn't visit the hospital. Instead I went to see a few friends. It was good to have girl time. I needed it, and apparently I was exhausted because when I got home I crashed for about an hour...with my sweet Alex sleeping in my arms! He never does this anymore. I have missed him a lot this past week.

And....a setback

Dad my have to have a permanent pacemaker put it. It appears his heart wont function without it. What a blow....

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Baby Steps in a Mans Sized Shoe

Dad is up and walking....a little...but thats better than nothing. Baby steps!!!

Another update on Dad

He is off the ventilator and up and talking! Hopefully he will get moved to a private room tomorrow. He obviously still has a LONG way to go but the Dr and nurses think he is doing great! Thanks to everyone for the prayers -- keep them coming as I know recovery is going to be long and hard but at least he is awake and breathing on his own right now. Baby steps!!!

Update on Dad

Surgery is complete and he is in recovery. He had quadruple bypass and the valve repair. The Dr said it was worse than he anticipated - enlarged heart, leaking valve, fluid around the heart...so lots of fun stuff. BUT he is out of surgery and the heart is working. He is still fully sedated and still on the breathing apparatus...so he isn't out the woods yet. They wont try to take him off and wake him until tomorrow morning. Its been a LONG day but we still need your prayers. We got to go in and talk to him and touch his forehead but like I said he was sedated. It was probably the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. Period, hands down.

Prayers for my Dad

My Dad is having bypass surgery tomorrow....triple...maybe quadruple. Please pray for him. They may be working on the mitochondrial valve as well...I dont even know what all is going on anymore. Hearing the nurse talk to night, its just too much to take in. Alex LOVES his PawPaw -- and PawPaw loves some Alex so I know having Alex (along with my niece Hadley) around is giving my Dad that extra push to fight this. Its still hard though. He is on the Cardiac unit being monitored around the clock and surgery will likely take a good portion of the day. We may not see him until after dinner tomorrow and after what we saw tonight, it might not be an easy sight. The nurse said she had seen lots of these and that she really thought he was in pretty good shape to pull through compared to a lot of the patients they see.