My father-in-law had his surgery today. It was a pretty crazy week leading up to it. He was very nervous, and so were the rest of us. The last few days he hasn't got any sleep. He went in at 7:30 this morning to get ready. They got him all checked in, on the bed to go, and an emergency came in. They kept him on "happy drugs" (as the nurse put it) while he was waiting, and she said he was doing fine. We had to take the kids home around 12:30 so they could take a nap. When we left at that time, they still had not started the surgery. I let my mother-in-law know to call us when he went in. We were told it would be a 2 to 4 hour surgery. At 2:15 we got a call that he was done. The surgeon had told them that it went really good. I guess his spleen popped right up and came out without a hitch.
We have checked on him twice since he got finished. Once when he was able to have visitors, and then once tonight. He is in ICU because they want to make sure he doesn't have an issue with bleeding. I know they are keeping a close watch on him because of his heart too. They told him he'd be in ICU 1 maybe 2 days if all goes well.
Thank you to everyone who kept our family in your thoughts and prayers. We have all been really blessed, and I know they were/are helping. He's not out of the woods yet, but this should really help him out a lot. Just keep praying that his recovery goes well, and he is back up and going in no time.
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