Saturday update

Monica had a long night last night, and was in a lot of pain.  Just saw her in the ICU, and she was having
a very hard time breathing through the ventilator.  She is writing us notes with her left hand, and just can't get comfortable.  The Drs say that her numbers look good, but can not totally knock her out, because they need to keep her a little awake so she can breath on her own.
UPDATE:  They just removed the ventilator and she is breathing on her own.  That was very  painful for her, but hopefully she can start to feel comfortable soon.
I have to take the boys to Kasen's scouts crossover awards campout this afternoon.  He has been looking forward to this for so long, but it is very bad timing.  I will try to give another update tomorrow.  Keep praying for her healing!

Darren

Surgery Day

Thursday night Monica did not sleep much at all.  At six AM Friday morning they came in to get her
to take her to pre-op.  The surgery started at 9:22, and finished at 1pm.  The Drs said everything went well, and it was the fastest LVAD surgery they have ever done.  Monica was taken to ICU, and will be on a ventilator until Saturday afternoon.