Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Mitch Doing Great! 12 hours post- transplant

Mitch's xray looked good so Mitch had the breathing tube removed (much to his pleasure) at 1030am, which according to the docs was very soon. He is in a lot of pain because they did have to break his sternum and put him on the heart/lung bypass machine for 2 hours during his surgery.
He is doing well though, the surgeon and docs agree.
They want to get him up in a chair later.
It is amazing to see him take deep full breaths on his own!!! Remarkable.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is great news. Get well very soon mitch. Can't wait to see you. Reba...keep up the great messages and posts. We are checking it very often and are keeping Greeny in our thoughts!

Kalvort

Leah said...

WOW!!! WONDERFUL!! Thank you for keeping us all in the loop! You all are constantly on our minds and in our hearts! Sending healing prayers and lots of love and hugs to you all. MISS YOU and can't wait to see you again! Love always, Leah, Eric and Ilana xo

Unknown said...

Thinking of you all constantly and so happy to read all of the positive progress. This is truly wonderful and amazing.

Andrea & Timbre

Tracy said...

It is so wonderful! Bryce and Cole were excited to hear the good news when they woke up. Love you.

Tracy

Anonymous said...

Walking comes next, later today or maybe tomorrow. Then the fun begins. Don't worry about the sternum. Mine's still a little out of place. You'll get used to it.
Ian

willow said...

hallaujah! this is the most spectacular news i have EVER heard! we are so happy and relieved. thank you for thinking of all of us and keeping up with the postings, it has been an incredible journey to watch. we love you guys so much.
- willow