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MeghanIsMe ([personal profile] stormdog) wrote2013-02-27 06:34 pm

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Dad update for those following:

I just got more information from my mother. My dad will definitely be having heart surgery. They are not sure when yet; they're going to get him as ready as possible first. This entails making sure his foot infection is taken care of, and improving his kidney function to the highest possible level. A heart surgeon will be talking to my parents about the operation itself tomorrow. They will be doing a triple bypass, and replacing his heart valve that, due to birth defect, has only two flaps instead of three. He's joked about his insulin pump making him a cyborg; now he'll have an internal upgrade as well!

After surgery, he'll be in the hospital for a week. Then he should be able to come home, though his activity will be restricted for a month or so while the bone in his chest grow back together. And after that, he'll be doing cardiac rehabilitation stuff as an outpatient. I was already talking to him about letting him use the second Fitbit that I thought was lost but which finally turned up. Maybe that will help with the program.

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