In the Operating Room
Posted on August 15, 2012 by William
Just wanted to let everyone know that they came to get Evan at 6:30AM to take him to the OR for his surgery. Dr. Hirsch said it would be about 3 hours. They will be removing his pacemaker, leads, and a strip of GORETEX that’s overlying his heart. From there we’ll go to the ICU for a day or two until they’re sure he’s stable and then we’ll move to Moderate Care. Dr. Hirsch indicated that his course of antibiotics will last a minimum of 6 weeks from
today, not from the day we started last week. We’re still not clear on how long they will keep us here or how long before they will put the pacemaker back in. They did indicate that it was not out of the realm of possibility that we come home without the pacemaker, continue the antibiotics at home and come back in a few weeks to have the pacemaker re-implanted. Obviously he would be on a heart monitor the whole time but mom and I still have not warmed up to this idea.
We’ll let you know when we hear more, until then please keep the prayers and positive vibes coming.
