Monday, March 26.
We met today with the surgeon, spent a good 45 minutes talking options and asking questions, but we came out feeling really good (as this kind of feeling can go). We talked valve options, drug options, risks, etc etc etc. The doctors all feel that his good health and young age (i.e., he's not 90 and hasn't smoked the last 70 years) are all to his advantage.
He will be in the hospital for 4-5 days, then he will need to have someone at home watching him for at least the next two weeks. Not because he will be so incapacitated, but rather the opposite - wanting to be up and around, and needing someone to 'hold him back' because he will feel so good. We also learned that Arnold Schwarzenegger has had this same surgery a few years back - so, anything to be in that kind of company, you know?
The hospital is Anaheim Memorial, we are showing up there Monday morning for some final tests and the surgery is scheduled for the afternoon (I don't know the exact time yet). If I can hack into their computer like we did in Seattle, I will post more, but probably won't sneak in a laptop until at least Tuesday, though!
Until more comes along ~
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