Good news

Dad came through the surgery with flying colors, according to the doc and the nurses.

He still is on the ventilator but doing all the breathing on his own; they are just waiting to make sure all the indicators are "go" for taking the tube out.

Today was more peaceful than I'd guessed it would be (probably because of all the prayers being sent up by everyone we know). We were concerned, but not overly anxious, and fortunately everything went very smoothly.

So we'll take it a day at a time.

And thank you to everyone who prayed for my dad!