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Awake and Saucy

Dad's awake and saucy as ever. He doesn't feel too much pain. He needs to breathe deeply and is doing that all the time. They've sat him up and is popping pills already. They will be getting him on his feet today. Roll on!

When we first arrived, Matt, his nurse, started a conversation asking him whether he knew where he was etc., so we chimed right in and asked what his birth date was and whether he remembered the saga from before his operation - which he did. Well, from then on, he thought we were testing him, so everything we told him, he said "You already told me that. You testing me?". A bit confused, but that's normal.

Anyway, Matt says that he's doing really well. Time to head back in to the room.

Animal noises

Aidan puts on his best moo!

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All done!

The trouper has done great. It's all finished and went exactly according to plan. Only did three bypasses in the end, not four. There goes the gold membership. Oh well.

:-)

Update #1

Dad was doing well this morning, but hadn't slept much. Last night one of the doctors told him that before the surgery he'd have lots of people asking him four questions

1. His name
2. His DOB
3. His surgeon
4. What op he was having

Well, wasn't the bugger up all night worried about the questions and, most specifically, getting his birthday right in American language - 5/11/34. However, somehow he had May as the third month of the year, so he had the wrong damn date! We had a good laugh about that this morning which was nice. Aidan called too, which made his day I think, especially given the last thing he said was "Pop".

We're back at the hotel awaiting a call to say that they've made the first incision. Should take 4 - 6 hours, but could be more and could be less. The nurse will call with updates ever hour and a halfish. We'll head back over in a few hours.

The Bermuda Bypass Club

Well, it wasn’t enough to just join the BBC. Dad’s taking out the top membership. At 6:00am tomorrow morning the doctors and the rest of the team start prepping him for a quadruple bypass. Yes, only a gold membership to the Bermuda Bypass Club would do for Bobby Oatley.

The doctors say that he’s a great candidate for the operation. It’s not an emergency situation, his four veins are large (albeit totally clogged) and his heart muscles are excellent. The doctor continued on with, “So I can have plenty to drink tonight! I’m not worried about a thing.” We immediately knew that he was the ideal doctor for Dad!

By this time tomorrow night, it’ll all be done and over with and I’m sure Dad will be craving an egg sandwich with extra mayo (dream on, Dad!).

Mandy and Verna