The surgeon has spoken! During the surgery this morning, a clot was removed from the heart tissue, and almost immediately, the heart started pumping like crazy! Jack's kidneys have started functioning (although not as efficiently as the surgeon would like), his blood pressure is up where it belongs, and his doctor said "this is why I became a heart surgeon!!". We are all very excited!!
Even with all of this, we're not totally out of the woods. Jack is still on the ventilator, and if all goes extremely well, they will try to get him off of it tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. Once he's off the vent, he can start getting comfortable, and in short order, we should be able to get him out of the ICU. The ICU folks still need to get his kidneys functioning better, and make sure his blood pressure reman
So, keep those thoughts and prayers coming, and we'll keep you up to date as he progresses. As I told him yesterday, we still have lots of things to do in this life!!!
Chip
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