Monday Night Update

As of yesterday at 6:00pm:

Baba came out of surgery around 4:30pm. He is going to remain under sedation, so they can monitor all his vital functions. The surgery he had required the moving around of his lungs, and they had to drop his body temp to 88*, so they have to warm him back up as well. Even though he his asleep, he is requiring no help from any support machines, his heart is pumping and lungs are functioning on their own.
The doctors who did the surgery, said that all they are concerned about is finding the opportunity to put him back on his anticoagulants. He needs those medicines quickly to prevent clotting in his new aorta, however, if they give them to him too quickly, it could be bad.....this is not a huge concern, however a prevalent one.
They should be trying to wake him sometime this morning. He will be "with it" for a little bit, but then they will return him to sleep with sedation. This is for healing and pain purposes. I will continue to call the ICU for updates, and then let everyone know of his status.

I personally do not have my cell phone until later today, as I was out of town, and I let someone borrow it (I have metro pcs, it would not have worked in Houston) But by this afternoon, you should be able to get a hold of me by phone....

All well-wishers, please remember to continue praying for my dad. He needs all the healing thoughts and prayers, for a speedy recovery. Do not worry at this time about sending flowers or anything to him, he is in the ICU and they do not allow items like that in there.

I want to thank everyone for all their support.....I love you, and appreciate you!

Layla, and the Mastali Girls.....

And for those of you who were not informed (I did try to tell everyone...sorry if I missed you....) Here is a link to my blog explaining the procedure he had on Monday morning.... http://laylafrances.blogspot.com/2009/01/baba-plastic-man.html