Dear Friends and Family,
I am Kalie, John's daughter, and am starting a blog to communicate with you all about my dad's open heart surgery scheduled for today.
A little background for any of you this catches by surprise. Over the past year my dad began to notice he frequently felt tired. A few friends recommended that because of his family history of heart disease, he should attend the Wellspring Heart Institute's week long retreat to conduct a full medical analysis and also to learn how to adjust his lifestyle, if necessary, to maintain or improve the healthiness of his heart. Having led a very active and healthy life over the past 40 years since his own Dad died of a heart attack at 53, he agreed to go on the condition that a preliminary cat scan showed that he needed it. That cat scan became the first of a series of surprises, that necessitated this surgery today.
During his open heart surgery today, the doctors intend to perform a single bypass and also replace a section of his aorta that is enlarged.
His surgery is scheduled to start in the next hour. We'll keep you posted!
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