12:30Dr. Weldner just came to let us know that things went very well. They were able to do all the things that needed doing. Two valve repairs (the tricuspid repair required moving the pacer lead that had embedded itself), one valve replacement (the aorta one which was still the trickiest but he was able to replace it), and one bypass. For those of you who knew about the MAZE procedure (which might have eliminated the pace-maker) he did not do that, but he came in with both thumbs up and said her heart looked good and strong. She held up fine. They only had her in circulatory arrest for 13 minutes - which he said was good. Now she has to wake up. They will not know anything about possible stroke until she wakes up, moves around a bit and they can do an assessment. That might not occur for a few more hours. They will be watching all the suture (did I spell that right?) places for blood leakage, she will have a chest xray (normal procedure) as soon as she gets to her room. We will be able to peek in quickly in about 45 minutes - after they have her settled in her room in the cardiothorasic intensive care. She will probably be out of it but we plan on talking to her anyways and letting her know that everything is great and that we love her! After we get to see her I'll send off another quick note. YEE-HAW, HOORAY, YIPEE!! SIBLINGS, I will call after we see Mom.
Love, Beth xxxooo
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