A Not So Fun Couple of Days

My sister was scheduled for open heart surgery on Thursday at Northwestern Hospital. They kept delaying the start time because of issues with an earlier patient and then they finally cancelled it for Thursday and told her to come back today. We spent the entire day there yesterday and Lee was not happy about the delays. One gets psyched for the surgery only to have it delayed another day. So we left at 0 dark thirty this morning as she was to be the first on the heart surgeon's schedule. After sitting around for a while she was finally called in to the pre-op area where she was processed quite quickly. The surgery went well; besides repairing her mitral valve, they closed a hole in her heart that they didn't know about. She was in intensive care just coming out of the anesthesia and still on the respirator. Tom stayed and will let us know how she is doing. I will be going back to the hospital with him in the morning. Please keep her in your prayers.