He's Okay!!!

It's my first chance to post,.. I have use of a terminal at the Guest Housing here where I'm staying. I'll post in more detail probably tomorrow night when I make a stop over at home to make the switch with the kids before coming back Friday morning, but for now want to let everyone know that surgery went incredibly well, and he is doing awesome. He was only on bypass for 1 hour, and was only actually in the OR for an hour and a half in whole, and so his surgeron was VERY pleased. It was anticipated to be about a 3 hour deal on average, but Scott responded beautifully to everything.

He is of course extremely sore, but has good medication, and he is in good spirits. He even managed to eat dinner this evening so for those of you who might have some insight into this whole thing, you'll know what a great accomplishment that it for the first day!

I'm going to cut short,.. I've been up since 4:30 AM so I could be there when they started getting him ready for pre-op at 5:00. Not to worry, I have eaten regular meals, have been keeping up on plenty of water, and I did pop over here to my room this afternoon for a much needed nap.

He is expected to move out of the CRU (cardiac recovery unit) sometime tomorrow. I'll try to post again tomorrow night regarding visitation for those who are interested... we won't plan for visitors though until probably Saturday.

Thank you to everyone for all of your support & prayers leading up to the surgery,... and for all that we know will continue throughout the recovery ahead. It will be a long healing process, but he's already off to a great start.

God bless & (((BIG HUGS)))