Bryan's surgery tomorrow

[Granbonny]

Hi Bryan..All pre-tests today...Hope you are relaxed and ready to get your new heart tomorrow. Hope your sister will post for you....I know you will do fine Bonnie

 

[Nancy]

Hi Bryan-

Wishing you all the best for tomorrow. We'll all be waiting to hear.

So Bon Voyage and smooth sailing. Talk to you later.

God Bless.

 

[Bryan B]

Well, if it's possible I enjoyed my pre-op today. I feel less nervous now than I did yesterday. Duke has a really neat system for their pre-op. The first thing you do is report to radiology for chest x-rays. Then you go on a quick tour of the "heart floor" where you will report for surgery, and the OR, ICU, and private room step down units are all located. Then they took me to a private room on the 7th floor. There they drew blood, weighed me, did an ekg, and I talked to the surgeon, his PA, and someone from anesthesia. The whole process took 3hrs. I have to srub myself with these antibacterial brushes tonight and again tomorrow morning before reporting the the 3rd floor at 6:30 and the surgery starts at 8AM (my surgery got pushed back an hour because they have a weekly meeting on Wednesday mornings and start everything an hour later than the rest of the week. I don't have to shave myself tonight (neener neener Bill). They said they will start the IV and give me the happy juice fairly soon after I arrive and I won't care what they do to me after that. They will be doing the Ross Procedure if my pulmonary valve is in good shape. If not plan B is the C-E pericardial bovine valve. Well I gotta run, I'm having pizza for my last pre-op dinner and a big bowl of Bryer's ice cream before midnite. Thanks to everyone who's helped me stay sane throughout the waiting process, and expect to hear from my sister on the post-op forum sometime tomorrow evening.

See ya'll on the other side of the mountain!

 

[Ross]

One last one for the road my friend. Good Journey!

 

[KathyH]

Ross, where do you find those things? That was cute.

Bryan- Thinking of you, wishing you all the best tomorrow.
Kathy H

 

[Lorraine]

Bryan,

Meet you on the other side of the mountain. I'll Have you in my thoughts and prayers! You'll do fine!

 

[Bryan B]

It's really strange...tonight I've been the calmest I've been since I found out I needed surgery. I hope I feel the same way tomorrow morning. Well, it's time to go scrub myself with Hibiclens, have a bowl of ice cream, and see if I can get some sleep. Here goes nothing...

 

[Heather Fisher]

Bryan, you will do great! Just relax and go for it. We will see you on the other side!

Heather

 

[Abbanabba]

It's really strange...tonight I've been the calmest I've been since I found out I needed surgery.

Now you do know those Xanax aren't lollies, don't you Bryan..?!!

Glad you're feeling relaxed and wish you all the best for your surgery. I still have those pom-poms at the ready

Sending positive thoughts your way....
Anna : )

 

[xtremlee]

Bryan can I borrow your attitude for a couple of weeks?

 

[Raverlaw]

Bryan,

I figure with the time difference you're out of surgery and starting to come to about now. Relax, buddy and breathe with the machine!

Can't wait to hear from your sister that you're all ok now! I've been thinking of you all morning.