April 20, 8AM.

April 20, 8AM

Lynn went off to surgery at 7:30 AM sharp - not many delays when you are first in line. The only delay so far involved finding a clean shower. A little after 7AM, Dr. Blossom came by to discuss the surgery. He will try to use the two arteries in the chest, right and left thoracic. He will probably use the left thoractic regardless, for the bypass for the left main. However, Lynn's radiation and chemotherapy may have caused enough damage to the right one that he will not be able to transfer that one easily. He won't know for sure until he gets in there and can assess the condition of the artery. If he doesn't want to use it, he will have to borrow a vein from her leg, from her upper thigh, and use that. The prep work will go from 7:30 to 8:30, then the surgery itself will begin. Dr. Blossom thinks that it will go until 11:15AM. We will get to see her shortly after that, when she is stable. Next time we'll be able to see her will be tomorrow around noon.

Looks like the stay will be 4-5 days. She might be out on Friday, possibly Saturday. Probably Thursday is out, though. It all depends on how well she does in the next few days.