The 21st he had a heart cath and three major blockages were found - not viable for stents. On the 23rd he had triple by-pass surgery. He had a great initial post op recovery and was sent from ICU to a regular room after just one night. Things got a little bad.
He had lots of confusion and other issues - he went back to ICU the next day. He had some good days and some bad days during the next couple of days. Yesterday was a great day and there was talk of sending him back to a regular room. Today was a VERY BAD day.
After several problems cropped up this morning meds were changed and x-rays were ordered. It was discovered that the bones of the breast plate (ribs) had pulled through the wires. (this could have been caused by the coughing: The nurse put it as "an older, but strong, person with weaker bones can have this happen)
He also has fluid building up in his lungs (x-ray showed no pneumonia). Every breath is excrutiatingly painful and pain meds are limited by his low blood preasure. He is hacking and trying to cough, but cannot get enough breath because of the pain.
Tomarrow at 12:30 he is going into surgery again (under very poor physical conditions) to fix what has gone wrong. PLEAS PLEASE send him your prayers.
Thank you
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