Prayers for Dad

If any of you read this before Monday, Please pray for my Dad. His OR is Monday morning. He will be the first case of the day. He is having his Aortic valve replaced and one bypass. For those who don't know, this involved putting him to sleep, opening up his chest, stopping his heart, putting him on the heart-lung machine, opening up the largest vessel in his body, taking out his valve, and replacing it with a bioprosthetic valve (pig valve), then connecting a vein from his leg to his heart, restarting up his heart, and taking him off the machine. Tomorrow night he will be in ICU. Tomorrow he will have plastic tubes coming from everywhere. I know what to expect, but it is different when it is someone you know and love. It will be hard to see. It will be hard to be on the other side of things.

I know he is in very good hands. I trust the surgeon, Anesthesiologist, and nurses that will be looking after him. They are a great team. Nonetheless, I am still worried.

Please have my family in your thoughts and prayers. Please think of my Dad. Please pray for a job well done, and a speedy recovery.