The Procedure is Done!!

Sharon spent a pretty restful night last night (Sunday); and was taken for the operating room at about 12:30 pm.

At approximately 6:00 pm I talked to the surgeon; everything went very well.

They replaced the mitral valve using a biological source; her valve was too damaged to repair (although they did try). They bypassed the two blocked arteries, and performed the Maze procedure to avoid future atrial fibrillation.

Nora and I were allowed to see her at about 8:30. She was still intubated; obviously groggy-- but through a shake of the head and a vigorous little nod she let us know she was in there.

Her nurse briefed us in; essentially all Shar's vitals were excellent-- she said that she wished all her patients did so well!

The nurse felt that if she continued to progress in this way she would probably be in a normal nursing ward tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon.

As always, thank you for your thoughts and prayers.