Thursday, April 30, 2009

It's a Quad

Pa is out of surgery and is in the ICU. No complications. The only surprise is the surgeon did a quadruple bypass instead of a triple.

I had a brief visit with Pa. He's sedated and has a breathing tube down his throat. He also has two chest tubes to drain blood out of his chest. I counted eight bags of IV medicines hanging over his bed. Despite all that, I thought he looked fine, like he's just asleep.

If all goes well, they'll remove his breathing tube tomorrow morning and have him sitting up in a chair. By afternoon he could be transferred to a regular room.

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