On The Mend

Well she is all settled into the CICU (Cardiac Intensive Care Unti). We finally are able to be by her side. She sporadically wakes up wanting water. No one truly likes the swab water suckers.

She may shoot me for this picture

 We were able to talk to her cardiologist when we got back to her bed and he is very optimistic with how things went. The next 12hrs are the crucial hours. She is on 8 medications and two different pain meds. I am sitting here by her bedside while Shane went to take care of the others and get them ready for bed. Thank you all for the prayers given in her behalf and in our begalf. One thing she REALLY wanted to ask the surgeon was if he could take a picture of her heart. Sadly she was asleep from the Versed when he came to chat with us before surgery. So I begged him on her behalf. And guess what..... He took it for her and texted them over to me!!!

Our bodies are AMAZING! The metal calipers are holding the rib cage open. Called the Rib Spreader but technical term is Finochietto retractor

You can see some of the stitches