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Ulwe
Ulwe
Posts: 1614
(10/14/05 9:01 am)
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cracked open like a lobster
I've been down here in NOVA. My dad, Nelson, went in for a valve-replacement surgery yesterday. The replaced a leaky valve with a pig valve. The whole process took about 4 hours. By about 6:30 last night he was awake and breathing on his own. Visiting him last night was a great reassurance seeing him awake, breathing on his own and talking... with lucidity!
I'm off to see him his AM. He is out of the Intensive Care Unit and is now in a private room at INOVA (Fairfax hospital)
Technology is pretty f-n awesome.
Your good thoughts are appreciated!
-Sean
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doggius
Pogar
Posts: 1309
(10/14/05 9:03 am)
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Re: cracked open like a lobster
My thoughts and prayer are with you, Sean, and your dad.
db
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Jubilex
Faceless Lord of Chaos
Posts: 4695
(10/14/05 9:03 am)
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Re: cracked open like a lobster
Damn, I hope Nelrod feels better and makes a quick recovery.
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Tarondor
Madragar
Posts: 1736
(10/14/05 3:19 pm)
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Re: cracked open like a lobster
Hokey smokes, Mr. Peabody!
Best wishes, Sean. Fairfax is an excellent cardiac hospital. My father-in-law has regular surgeries there to replace the battery in his defibulator (which, despite the similar names, is nothing like a debigulator.)
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yucatanyeti
Sangraal
Posts: 1662
(10/14/05 3:46 pm)
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Re: cracked open like a lobster
I'm glad to hear everything went well.
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Ulwe
Ulwe
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(10/14/05 3:59 pm)
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Re: cracked open like a lobster
Thanks guys...
I'm about to go back and see him. This morning he looked better than last night.
Hopefully they will have removed the tubes from his chest.
His surgeon paid a visit and said that he will in a best case be home sometime on Sunday.
Fairfax is an amazing cardiac center. Great staff, attentive and professional. He is in the best care so I hope soon he'll be home and on the mend.
Three months of recovery. Lots of boredom and crossbow weilding spiders I'm sure.
I'll be back in the area next weekend as well.
Let's get together at the brogue or something.
-Sean
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Kenner
Draxim
Posts: 1429
(10/16/05 10:17 pm)
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Re: cracked open like a lobster
Glad things went well, but how does he feel now that he's no longer kosher? 
Technology really is amazing.
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Ulwe
Ulwe
Posts: 1623
(10/19/05 10:08 pm)
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Re: cracked open like a lobster
My Dad just got home today. I am really relieved.
Anyhow, Anna and I are going back down to Reston this weekend. Anyone fancy meeting up at the Brogue or some other place this Sat night?
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Jubilex
Faceless Lord of Chaos
Posts: 4720
(10/20/05 7:18 pm)
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Re: cracked open like a lobster
Saturday Brogue is cool wit us. Dinner at 7, say?
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Ulwe
Ulwe
Posts: 1626
(10/20/05 7:50 pm)
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Re: cracked open like a lobster
8 is will probably be better for us.. Is that cool?
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Jubilex
Faceless Lord of Chaos
Posts: 4721
(10/20/05 7:52 pm)
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Sure. We'll show up early and start drinking.
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squarefodder
Khelzhad
Posts: 790
(10/21/05 9:11 am)
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Man, I would love to 'cause it has been ages but we have had a long standing promise to go see the Yonder Mountain String Band in Fall Church :-(
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doggius
Pogar
Posts: 1322
(10/21/05 10:39 am)
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Re: cracked open like a lobster
Dude, I want to meet up witchall at the Brogue, but I have made plans, and I am not sure James would manage too well in a smokey bar. His mother has pounded into him that smoking around him will kill him, so every time I smoke I hear what she says.
How long are you in town Sean? Maybe we all could meet up for a quick game or something on Sunday...
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