Rough Weekend

Greetings Class,

I had informed Dr. Kells about this weekend, but I wanted to post a brief summary of events.

My mom had open-heart surgery on Friday. Everything seemed to have gone well, but about an hour after I left for the evening, I got a call that she had gone into cardiac arrest. Panic ensued. They were able to stabilize her, but they had to go in a second time to do so and repair the damage. The graft on her heart tore slightly where it connected. Luckily a nurse was in the room when she went into arrest, so there was no delay in response time.

She is doing well now. She is off the breathing tube, responsive, and even smiling a little. She still is not talking, but she had a tube down her throat for 48 hours.

I will most likely not be in class Wednesday, and I plan on, once I am a little more removed, doing a brief write-up on the whole experience in the vein of our class.

I hope everyone's weekend has been much much more boring than mine has.

--Richard