Day of surgery

Well today has been a very stressful day.Broc was very anxious about the day and kept on asking if he can please go home.I think he is really feeling the stress of everything that is going on.
We have just had an update to say that he is






doing well.He went under anesthesia very well.He has a few lines in him for IV's and other monitors. It will take an hour for them to get him on the bypass machine and then the dr will start the repair.









The dr has said that he is 90% sure that he can just repair his valve. We have discovered that there is narrowing at the base of the aortic valve and they will have to correct that by cutting it and then putting a patch over it.




His mean pressure is up to 90mm for a mean gradient and the dr is hoping to get it down to 30mm after the repair.

Once he has done the repair he will he will do another eacho on him where they put a camera down his throat and they can see his heart through it. Once they are happy with the results of the echo then they will close him up.

So it takes an hour to geet him on the bypass machine and then another 3-4 hours for the surgery and then once he is done it will take another hour to get him off bypass machine and then another hour to settle him in the ICU.

We are all sitting chatting and having fun entertaining Mark. We have a lot of support and love from all the friends of the congregation.