Dean's Surgery

Yesterday was another busy day. Diane called me at 5:30 AM to tell me that Dean's surgery had been moved from noon to 6:30 AM. Since she and Ruth were staying in Kalamazoo they were able to go over and see him before they took him to begin the prep for the surgery. I drove over (it is about a two hour drive from Livonia) and got there about 9:30. The surgery ended at 12:30 and he came through in good shape. The doctor did three bypasses because there were some complication including an enlarged heart and hardening of the aorta. For those reasons they were unable to stop the heart as they typically do in this type of surgery so they did the work on a beating heart, amazing. Dean was still unconscious when I returned to Livonia that afternoon but his color was good and the doctor was very pleased with the surgery. Thank you for your prayers. Please continue to pray for his recovery.