her able hands

For your kind thoughts and good juju. Steve came through surgery. It turned out to be far more complicated than they anticipated, lots of rerouting blood vessels and arteries. His four-hour surgery took ten hours and he’ll be kept heavily sedated and intubated through today and maybe even tomorrow while the fluid levels in his body regulate. They expected him to gain between 15 and 20 pounds overnight from the IV and transfusions, lots of blood loss. One aneurism isn’t a complete fix and he may have to get more work done (a stint) in a few years.

But that’s the good news, the purchase of years. The surgeon said that had they not operated, and even one of the aneurisms blown, they would not have been able to save him.

When I got the news at 6:00, my body crashed and I realized that I had been holding every muscle as tight as possible. The headache that set in is thankfully gone this morning after a decent night’s sleep.

He’s got a long road ahead of him for recovery, but as my mother said last night, at least there’s a road.

Bookmark It