In the ICU

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I just saw Eric. He's still intubated and asleep. They are waiting for his body temperature to come back up (your body gets pretty chilly during open heart surgery and that's how they want it) before they start to wake him up and then make sure he's all good to go to get that breathing tube out. He's taking his time to warm-up, but he's pretty close. Maybe another hour or two. He looks good. Good color. Calm. They did the three inches incision, (another reason we came to Cleveland Clinic) rather than the "full zipper", but they still cut through the sternum, so he'll have pain from the get go. He has three professionals caring for him in the ICU, shared between him and one other patient. He's in good hands! I'll keep you posted.

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  1. UnknownJuly 3, 2017 at 12:06 PM

    Glad to hear that the surgery was successful. Tell Eric his uncle and cousins in Seattle are wishing him a speedy recovery!

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