For now, we wait

This afternoon we spoke with a doctor from the surgical team and a cardiology resident who is consulting on Dad’s care. Both said reasonably hopeful things, to the point where we’re willing to consider this another “good” day. (Yesterday was a...

Surgery

Dr. Sheppard, a chief surgeon at OHSU, operated on my dad last night from 9:30 to 11:30. I spoke with him at 11:45 PM. The surgery was more successful than we’d hoped, and Dr. Sheppard, who has performed these procedures many times, believes that if all goes...