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Originally Posted by KathieI
GF, did Joan have her surgery today or will it be tomorrow?
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Joan's surgery was conducted in the period from 11 am to 2:30 pm on Thursday. She spent most of Friday in ICU (standard procedure), and is now in a "step down unit." Everything went as planned. She did not have robotics...she opted not to for several reasons:
1) Even though a much smaller incision, robotics require going in through the muscles on the side. Muscles are much more painful and slower to heal than going in through the sternum.
2) If there is a complication of any kind, they have to go through the sternum anyway.
In fact, the surgeon found a small hole (pinpoint sized?) between the left and right atrium that she had since birth. He sealed that up while he was in there.
Once again, we appreciate all your thoughts and prayers. I believe, in addition to God's love, her vision of soon being in The Villages is making her strong.
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