What a wonderful day
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Hi All,
Sorry this took so long to get up this am, but visiting hours arent until 10 am. When we arrived Brent was sleeping. His nurse, Elvi, told us he had been sitting in his chair and walking at bedside for the past 3 HOURS!!! Holy cow!!! can you believe it....fact, not fiction folks. He has already gotten a full meal of soup broth, jello, and orange sherbert (his all time favorite ice cream), and water. He looks great!! No noticable swelling or redness. The Dr's and nurses say he is doing incredibly well and are really satisfied with the procedure and his attitude and recovery so far. When he is unhooked from the drips, which may be today, he will be able to go for a walk around ICU. Hard to believe a person can be walking etc so soon after such a major surgery isnt it...He is in really great spirts and is doing really well with all of his breathing exercises. I think the biggest issue he will have is overdoing it.
Thank you all again for all of your concern and love, we all really appreciate it more that words can express. So....keep checking in. Every 2 hours we can go see Brent. We try to stick to the regular hours as we feel they are set up very specifically for a reason, and we certainly dont want to interfer with that purpose. Talk to you all soon,,,,,,donna
Vents out/lights out!!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Hi All,
We just got to visit with Brent. He is ready to go home he SAYS!!! He said" Whats a few tubes?!". Can you believe that!! Joking just a few hours after open heart surgery. He looks great....I cant even begin to describe the emotions running around my brain and body! Sheer elation is a good one, but most of all Gratitude!! He was doing rowing type exercise movements when we walked in the door of his ICU room. His eyes are really pretty clear and bright. He squeezed our hands with his normal strength and just smiled that beautiful sorta crooked smile of his.....gotta love it!! I'm sure the "happy" meds are talking some too, but I don't care whats doing it....its great!! Well folks, that's it for the night. We are exhausted too. Talk to you all in the AM!! Ciao..donna
A long Day
Hi All,
It certainly has been a long day...especially for Brent. He is in ICU and recovering really well. He is still ventalated and he is not liking that at all, but he is really alert. He recognized and understood us,
whether he will remember it, is another story. We will visit one more time at 8 PM, they should have the vent out by then and thats the way we want to see him before we leave. I can hardly believe how great he looks....he's totally blowing us away...incredible. All the Drs were in the room when we last saw him and they were all very happy with the surgery and really happy how alert he is already.! We are so relieved as I hope all of you will be too. Rest well and check in tomorrow. Im not sure if I will have the energy to blog anymore today....but feel free to check. Visiting hours are not untill 10 am. tomorrow so I wont have anything until after that.....thank you all for your support and love! donna
Its a wrap
Hal-la-lu-ja....Just talked to the surgeon. Brent is all closed up, no more leaky valve without having to replace it.We are so happy and blessed that he had such a wonderful team of professionals here at Stanford. I am so impressed!! The communication and coordination of so many people is unbelievable. Thank you all.
We will be able to see him in ICU in about 30 min. I will post after that as well. Long and Strong!! donna
Smooth so far
The nurse just gave us another update. The Aorta has been successfully replaced and they are now re-attaching he coronary arteries to his heart. Amazing!! He has been totally stable, with a very healthy heart! We will get another update in about an hour. I will get the news to you just as soon as I get it folks. Thank you all for your unwaivering faith and love.
Speaking of which, I just wanted to thank our Mom, who has always had unwaivering love and faith and (for sure) alot of patience. She is amazing and has had to make probably the hardest decision in her life this past 2 week. Her husband, Red, just had double knee replacements....which is no small deal either. It just so happened that the timing is terrible, but she had to make the hard decision of staying with her husband, and caring for him in his time of need, knowing that Brent would have his Dad and Sister here caring for him in his time of need. Thank you Mom, we all know you would be right here if the circumstances allowed it.
So....stay tuned....more to come in about an hour. donna
Great News
The nurse just came out and gave us our first update. The Drs are going to be able to SAVE the valve!! Ya-Hoo!! Other than that, everything else is running smoothly. We will get another update in about 2 hours.....keep checking and keep the faith. Thanks again for all the love and support.....donna
It Go Time
Its go Time!! We have the "A" Team today and Brent is in surgery as I am typing this. The morning went smooth and Brent is amazing. His surgery started at 8 am. and is about an 8 hour surgery. I will be updating this site as I get information. Thank you all for being such great friends and family....we are truley gratefull for all the support and love......thats it for now. Keep checking on us. donna
Great News! We’re ON for tomorrow…Feb 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Hey All: Just a quick note to let you know that the folks at Stanford, have scrambled the best they can and have just confirmed my rescheduled date will be tomorrow at 5AM!
...Just a note to let everyone know that my Team at Stanford have been FANTASTIC! The event yesterday was totally out of their control, but they worked hard on my behalf to get me back into surgery as quickly as possible. So, To Dr Mitchell and All his Staff, A Great BIG Thank You!
Okay, so let's do this one more time. I look forward to touching base with all of you during my Recovery. Thanks for the great energy coming my way. It means more than I can say, brent
...overwhelmed with gratitude…
Hello All, as I opened my email this morning, I simply became overwhelmed by a wave of emotion... to see the sheer number of "best wishes" messages pop up on the screen has blown me over...I am such a lucky person to have each and every one of you in my life.
I wanted to let you know that your messages are getting through as you place comments on the website...I also need to tell you how how simply overwhelmed I am to have so many wonderful people in my life...I'm truly out of words...
I'll keep you updated on the tentitvive schedule for tomorrow. Thank you ALL so much, brent
Strange Turn of Events
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Hi All, "Brent Here"...("what, isn't he supposed to be in the ER just now?"...) Well, in the world of Heart Transplants, Stanford Hospital is on the cutting edge. Unfortunately, when that organ becomes available, all other surgery activity stops...at least Brent's Surgery did today! My surgery has been postponed due to the specifically required operating room being unavailable due to the Heart Transplant. Of course trying to reschedule a procedure like mine is no easy task either, so now I'm going home, only to return Tomorrow Night in preparation for a "tentative" First-Case start Friday Morning, 2/26. If Friday does not pan-out, I get pushed to Tuesday AM. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement, as I'm really ready for this thing today. However, one learns to roll with the swell, and I will just need to be ready again on another day.
I'll post another update when I have more details.
A BIG THANK YOU to all of you who are sending me such good wishes today! I need to ask you All to put "a hold" on them until Friday or Tuesday! Thank you ALL so much, brent
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