I just got off the phone with Dr. Jones, Mark's doctor. Mark is fine, thank God!
Dr. Jones said they did do a quadruple bypass (previously in the evening, I passed on information from Mark's friend Claudia that she thought they only did a triple) but Mark did well during surgery. Dr. Jones said he did have problems finding veins in Mark's legs due to his neuropathy so he had to take one from under his breast bone. All in all, though, Dr. Jones said the surgery went well and Mark should have no problems from his heart, but his lungs are in bad shape due to emphysema. Since Mark didn't quit smoking until he came in for surgery he may not be able to come off the breathing machine tomorrow and it may be Wednesday before that happens and he can talk.
Mark will be in the hospital for several days obviously so please keep emailing him. He was excited to learn about them from me but he had not received the ones we sent earlier before he went into surgery and Claudia said he kept asking about them and wanted to read them before his surgery, bless his heart. Hopefully, they will have them to him by tomorrow. I'll be calling the hospital tomorrow to make sure there are no more problems with getting these to him.
Mark will be in ICU for the next couple of days. Dr. Jones gave me that phone number - 801-507-4200 - so we can call to check on him. Once he gets moved to a regular room, I will post that number. Jackie and Claudia were going home tonight but are coming back to the hospital tomorrow morning so hopefully someone will be there when Mark wakes up.
So, very good news overall!! Keep Mark in your thoughts and prayers so he has a good recovery.
As usual, I'll keep posting as I know more. Now, I'm off to get some peaceful sleep tonight.
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