More coming. As you said the lad certainly needs it. Some for the
parents too.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/24/2012 9:59 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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