Surgery Date Scheduled

Hazel's surgery is scheduled for Monday, February 8, 2010. Surgery should begin roughly at 7:30am, however Hazel will have to check in at 5:30am to be prepped.

The surgery is scheduled to last approximately 9 hours. The surgeon, Dr. "M" will have two assistants as well as a pulmonary (lung) team and an anesthesiology team present the entire time. She will be intubated (put on the ventilator) for the surgery and should continue on the ventilator for 12 hours post-surgery, thus the need for the pulmonary team.

She will be in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the first 36-48 hours as those are the most crucial. She will remain in the hospital for the first week after the surgery, then be discharged and need to have weekly out-patient rehab.

So far, that's the general idea of all that we know. Please feel free to ask questions in the comment section or leave Hazel a note or two of encouragement.

- Jessica

Purpose of this blog

Hello friends and family! The purpose of this blog is to keep everyone up to date with what is going on with Maw's (Hazel's) heart surgery. Please feel free to sign up for a FREE google account so that you can leave comments for Hazel.

As she is in the hospital and going through recovery, I'm sure your words of encouragement will be a blessing to her. Thanks for reading often. Jessica and Treva will update as often as possible and necessary.


- Jessica