Bob,
Thank you for the update, I was wondering how he was doing and how
everything went. Will continue to keep him, your family, and his doctors
in prayer.
Candace
On 1/24/12 7:59 AM, bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Just wanted to let you folks know that we really appreciate all the prayers,
> good wishes, positive energies, etc., sent Ben's way. I'm quite sure it
> helped, and I'm also sure we need you to resend, or keep sending, whichever
> the case may be.
>
> In a word, surgery yesterday (Monday) was supposed to last four and a half
> hours and instead lasted nine. Things were much worse than anyone had
> anticipated. The Ross procedure went out the window almost right away. The
> surgeon used an On-X valve to replace an aortic valve nearly completely
> destroyed by an old infection. There had been no evidence of this on the
> various tests he's had over the past few years.
>
> Then they couldn't get him off the heart-lung machine. So the surgeon did a
> couple of bypasses on arteries that feed the heart itself, but the heart was
> enlarged enough that every time he tried to close, Ben went into defib, or
> v-tac or whatever it is they call it. So it became a waiting game to see if
> the heart would settle down enough to let them close. Finally, it did. Three
> times they had to restart the heart.
>
> So now he's in Intensive Care and probably will be for a few more days until
> they see whether the heart will settle down after the trauma it suffered. He
> was a little better this morning than he was last night, so we're hopeful.
>
> Keep that good energy coming. The lad needs all he can get.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Bob
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