Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Into RECOVERY!

We just were visited by Dr. Furnary (Tony), and got the GREAT news that dad got an A+!! He is through the surgery wonderfully! Dad ended up getting 4 bypasses and he came off the heart/lung machine right away and without medication! Perfect patient! YaY!!

One bit of bad news for dad...Doctors orders are for him to not fire his shotgun for the next three months. We can certainly live with that! :) So, by March 16th, there will be dad out on the deck with his shotgun. Warn the neighbors as duck season will be well over by then.

Hip Hip Hooray! Thanks all for your thoughts and prayers. Dad is in for a great deal in terms of restrictions and recovery time...but the operation is over and it was a huge success.

I better get our gear all collected as we move down to the ICU where he will be for the next 12-18 hours. More to come...

5 comments:

Hamilton Family said...

YAY!!!! This is SUCH Great News!!!

Michelle said...

You rock John! Glad to hear the news. See ya in a few! xoxo
The ducks better beware next year...he'll have quite the taste for it.

Michelle Stafford said...

Thank heavens...the news I have been waiting to hear all day. So happy for your whole family

Heather Estridge said...

GREAT news!!! Thanks for the updates Becky. I bet everyone sighed after hearing the report from the doctor.

Craig and Bethany said...

Faith, totally. I just caught up on your blog. Soooo, glad all went well. We will pray for continued recovery.