Surgery Day!
The day has finally arrived! A month ago MB decided, "I want to go to Mayo. I'm going to tell God that's what I want, even though it doesn't look like it is possible. He likes to give us what we want if we ask for it." So she started praying to be able to go to Mayo and here we are against all odds!
We're hoping that Mary Beth will suddenly be able to stand up without being light-headed and having tachycardia (fast heart rate) again. We were told that it very likely won't be instantaneous, especially since she will be sore immediately after surgery, but we are hoping for a quick improvement. We were told to realistically expect 3 weeks to 3 months to be back to normal.
I was given a tracking number to follow Mary Beth's progress like a marathoner with a chip in her shoe. She is the top yellow in the right column ending in '434'.
1:36 pm
Everything went well. The surgeon said she had to put in 3 bars instead of 2. She said the heart was being compressed even more than Sunday's echocardiogram had demonstrated. I'm not surprised, having taken care of her and monitoring her heart for the last 2 months!