I spoke with Mark tonight at the hospital. He is doing okay right now, just bored and wanting a cigarette. He was waiting for the nurse to come in to give him something to help him sleep.
Mark said his doctor stopped by and spoke with him tonight. Dr. Jones told Mark, after reviewing his angioplasty results, he will be performing at least a quadruple bypass instead of the double bypass he originally thought.
Dr. Jones told Mark he felt Mark has a 97% rate of coming through the surgery fine.
Although the news of a more complicated bypass surgery is really upsetting, I'm taking a lot of hope in Dr. Jones' estimate of success.
Mark seemed to be a little low key but calm and had received calls from Pete and me. I told Mark that Peg, Doug and I had sent him emails and hopefully he will receive those before going into surgery tomorrow. Please continue sending emails the next few days as Mark will not be able to talk on the phone but at least can have the emails read to him.
Since his surgery is scheduled so late, I probably won't hear from the doctor until late Monday afternoon or evening. I will call Pete and Peg when I hear something and post the news on here tomorrow night.
I'm not going to call Mark tomorrow morning as he will probably be busy getting prepped, etc. I might change my mind and call early but I don't know. FYI...SLC is on mountain time so they are 2 hours behind us. If anyone wants to call Mark tomorrow morning, they should do so before 11 am our time.
I'll be off work at 2pm tomorrow so if I know anything early I will be posting and calling.
Say a little prayer for your brother.........
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