I just received a detailled message from Chris's wife.
- Chris is in the NICU at Stanford Hospital in rough but stable condition after AVR reop to replace a failed CE tissue valve with mechanical and to perform an ascending aorta graft
- Surgery exceeded 11 hours.
- Initially very slow going with scar tissue
- EF now only 20-30% but with 3L/min/m2 flow as opposed to 1.3L before surgery
- Will not be able to close chest for 2-3 days
- On ballon assist
- Will spend 7 days in NICU before going to stepdown.
- The Drs have given favorable odds for recovery, but it is real touch and go at this point.
Call on all of your most powerful resources to help Chris to finish getting over the mountain.
- Chris is in the NICU at Stanford Hospital in rough but stable condition after AVR reop to replace a failed CE tissue valve with mechanical and to perform an ascending aorta graft
- Surgery exceeded 11 hours.
- Initially very slow going with scar tissue
- EF now only 20-30% but with 3L/min/m2 flow as opposed to 1.3L before surgery
- Will not be able to close chest for 2-3 days
- On ballon assist
- Will spend 7 days in NICU before going to stepdown.
- The Drs have given favorable odds for recovery, but it is real touch and go at this point.
Call on all of your most powerful resources to help Chris to finish getting over the mountain.