Good News

We just heard from B's cardiologist and it sounds like things are going incredibly well. The surgeon has completed the repair and he is off of bypass. The cardiologist performed a trans-esophogeal echocardiogram and his pressure gradients have greatly improved. The left side of his heart has significant thickening because it was pumping against such high pressures, but that should improve in time. They are preparing to close his chest and he will hopefully be transferred to the CICU within the next hour or so. We are so tremendously grateful for the skill of the surgical team. Surgery was much quicker than what was expected and he did not have to be on bypass for very long at all.