Hi Everyone:
First of all I want to thank everyone for all the kind thoughts and prayers. Tom went into surgery early Friday morning and by 3pm he was out of surgery. The maze procedure took the most time and then the coronary triple bypass. This morning he got the breathing tube out and was very happy about that, and then the healing began. He has been up in the chair, walking the hallway three times today and eating soft foods and requesting pain meds, as often as they will give them to him. He commented that he didn't know how older people deal with the surgery and gave them a lot of credit. The surgeon was in to see him tonight and commented to Tom how well he is doing and we don't know yet if the pacemaker surgery is still on for Monday or a day or two later. They will evaluate and decide when the time is right. I'm pretty sure that as they reduce the pain meds, he won't be having quite as much fun.
Dar and Bob have been here with me since Friday morning and Dar is going to spend the rest of the week and I'm so happy to have her here with me. We've been staying in a hotel closer to La Jolla and the Scripps Hospital, but tomorrow we will start making the 60 mile drive back and forth to be here every day.
I'll keep you posted, but so far the surgery is going well.
Thank you again for keeping Tom and me in your thoughts.
Love, Denise
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