Well we have had some more news. Gary has been out of surgery for a little while now. While the surgery did go mostly to plan there have been a couple complications. As they started to take him off the bypass machine, the leak in his valve came back to a certain extent. The doctors do not think that the valve is faulty or needs replacement. They did decide to put in a balloon pump in order to assist the valve in working properly until the heart has gained enough strength back. This has caused the doctors to decide to leave him on the breathing machine and sedated for the rest of the night instead of for just another 4-6 hours. They have said that he will feel worse before he feels better, but what do you expect when your chest is pulled open. In short, this is not bad news, just not as good as we were hoping for since we were all hoping for the best possible. Please keep him in your prayers, he still has a long way to go.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
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Thank you so much for keeping this updated. Your in-laws are special to us, Jason worked with Gary in Bishopric, and I work with Linda in humanitarian. They are wonderful people. He and all of your family are in our prayers.
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