My elder little sister arrived today with her husband and child. The gang is all here in Michigan. Dad went into surgery at about 1pm and came out of surgery around 4pm. That was MUCH quicker than we were expecting. Everything they told us was that it would take about 4-6 hours, they did it in just under 3. Not bad for a triple bypass. Everything went according to plan and the doctors were very positive about the surgery.
We all (me, two sisters and brother) went up to see him, and got the briefing on what all the tubes were and how the rest of the evening would progress. The nurse said we could come back in about an hour and see how he was doing. We decided it would be best to go get a bite to eat and then check in right before they closed the doors to visitors for the night. Good food, good conversation and a trip back to the hospital.
Dad was still asleep, but the drugs were wearing off and he was starting to wake up. I don't know if it was just because he had a tube in his throat (not to mention another couple hundred thousand coming from other places) or if it was just the effects of the anastetics (please forgive my horrid spelling) wearing off, but Dad was kinda jerking from time to time. We all held it together until we got to the hall way. I don't know how the breakdown went with the others, but I was toast. I fought the tears and the sobs and couldn't fight anymore when we got to the elevator. I had been holding it in all day, and I couldn't stop it this time. The other three were crying too, so we held each other and then left for home. Thank god the elevator took a while to get there otherwise everyone would have seen us all boo-hooing.
I have a good cry coming to me sometime in the near future. It will prolly hit right before I go to sleep... or right after I finish writing this, who knows. Either way, I need to go downstairs and be with my family. Little bro is off with his girlfriend, he needed time away from us (I encouraged him to go). The rest of us are just here, dealing in our own way.
I will keep the site updated as things progress. I am due to leave on Thursday morning, but there are some things that need to be taken care of before I leave, so I may stay until Sunday night or Monday morning. Just going to play it by ear.
Posted by carl at February 3, 2004 09:25 PM
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