Chat with the Surgeon

Dr. Murphy stopped by to chat with us about the surgery.  The surgery went according to the textbook and everything went as planned.  Thank you for your prayers.

Like I said in the previous post, there were 5 bypass grafts.  Three veins were taken from his left leg, one artery from his left arm, and one artery from behind his breastbone called the mammory artery. 

There are some specific thing to pray for now.  Please pray that:

• He wakes up in the next 12-16 hours "with all his marbles" as the doctor says.  1 in 100 have a silent stroke during surgery.
• His heart keeps a steady pace during recovery.
• He doesn't have any internal bleeding that causes them to return to the O.R.
• That his left arm recovers well and he doesn't have any restricted use of it.  Because of his profession, he needs his hands to work properly to perform his job. 

Mom and I are going to get some lunch now and then we will be allowed to see him in the ICU.  After that, we will head home for a nap and back late this afternoon.  He will not be able to hear us or talk to us until the morning.  They keep him sedated to promote initial healing and recovery.

More as we know it...