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

Slight delay,,,but still on track

We 're here and ready, but the operating room isn't ready for us. There is an emergency heart transplant taking place right now, so Brent is on standby for a couple of hours. We are happy for the recipient, but it makes for a anxious, long morning of waiting. Thanks again for checking on Brent, and I will update again as soon as I have some more information. donna