Caught a cough

Mike is doing well but he has caught a cough from Courtney. They both sound aweful but so far it has not turned into anything too terrible besides being a little irritable. Thanks for your prayers and words of [...]

A day to rest

Mike is taking the day to rest today. He did not sleep well as he woke a couple times with elevated PVC’s. He could feel his heart rate speeding up. After sitting up his heart settled down but then he was wide awake. Pray with me that his mind would be protected from worry and [...]

Mike's home

Mike is home. He is doing well. Enjoying a change of scenery and now ready for a rest. This picture is post surgery. He is really doing great. Much better than we had [...]

Mike’s progress

Mike is continuing to do well. We are still in CVICU but only because there are no beds available in the step down. We may be discharged directly from here. Today he has walked around again and is currently watching movies. He is a little tired of sitting but once he moves around for a [...]

Still waiting CVICU

We are still waiting in CVICU but Mike is doing great. He has walked laps around the floor. Most of his tubes have come out and they are just monitoring and watching his meds. He is getting some good and needed rest today. We will move to the step down when a room comes available [...]

Mike in CVICU

Mike is in CVICU. He is doing well and starting to wake up a little.
Mike woke up between 9:30 and 10:00 and wanted the breathing tube out. They were finally ready about 10:40 and he was too! He kept motioning for them to get the show on the road. Once that came out he [...]

Mike's surgery

Mike is in the OR being prepped for surgery. We talked to the surgeon before he went back and everything looks good so far.
The OR nurse called and all is going well so far.
Here is link to an explanation of what is happening to Mike
Dr. Petracek just came out and said the surgery was a [...]

Update from Mike

Many people have asked for updates on my upcoming heart surgery so herein i am risking an attempt at being offensive by sharing through a mass email…
For those of you who don’t know, i’m sorry that this is how you find out, but i will be having open-heart surgery on January 4th. (gimme a [...]