He's Out!!

Finally...the relief of knowing that he is out of surgery!! We spoke with his doctor just a minute ago. He said that dad did really well during surgery. He ended up having two procedures once they got in there. They replaced the valve but realized he had more "ballooning" of his Aorta (the main artery leading from the heart to the rest of the body) then they originally thought. They replaced the ballooned area of his Aorta as well. He'll be on a ventilator (just the breathing portion) for about 4-6 hours by doctor's orders...so he won't be awake for quite some time. He'll stay in the ICU for monitoring as all the patients do following this surgery. They will let us see him in about an hour and a half. One thing the doctor stressed to us was that this was a congenital defect (dad was born with this) and that the gene that causes the valve abnormality also causes the aorta problems and that we (his kiddos and grandkids) should get checked out at some point to be sure we didn't inherit it.

Again, so thankful that the scary part is done. We are looking forward to his healing process and getting "Papa" back into action! Update again around 4ish!