Dad’s headed in to surgery.
While he is there, they will cut open his chest, remove his heart, connect him to an artificial pump, swap out a heart valve with one from a pig, add a reinforced wall to his aorta, restart his heart, put it back, and close him up.
The idea that he will not have a heart in his chest for some period of time is a little freaky, but this is how it’s done. Twelve weeks from now he will be back on his bike, and getting back in shape. Medical science is amazing.
Hello Kalahar Family!
Bellingham folks wish you luck and speedy recovery. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
We are following the blog with thoughts and prayers all the way. Thanks to Benson for setting it up so we can all we part of the action to the best of our ability! Kath in England and Michael in Chicago are in the loop. Love from the Kaye crew