My MIL is having open heart surgery today *Updated*

[margarita]

The doctors initially thought she had pneumonia, but when it was not responding to treatment they decided to investigate things further. She was in the beginning stages of heart failure. We are all pretty floored by this.

My IL's are in Florida right now, but the doctors do not want to wait to have her ambulanced here for the procedure. They are going to perform it today, in about an hour. Of course H and I wanted to rush over there right away, but FIL is insisting we stay for the time being so that we can take care of some things for him/them here before we go. My SIL is there now, and H and I will be going there as soon as we can, likely to help as much as we are able to with post-op care and support.

Anyway, if you could send her, my H, and the family some positive thoughts, prayers, good juju, whatever, it would be so appreciated.

Love you guys. xo

Update: The surgery was a success. She is resting, but doing well. Thank you for the well wishes, and a very special thank you to doglove for also checking in with me/us off the boards to see how we were doing. It really meant a lot. <3

[chalupa]

Fingers crossed for a successful surgery and speedy recovery. Very happy she had doctors who listened to her concerns and caught it early!

[kaneen]

Thoughts and prayers with your MIL and your family!!

[doglove]

Sending her all the good thoughts and juju margarita and good thoughts your way. Big hugs.

[tiramisu]

Sending you all good thoughts and healing thoughts to her. I'm glad they listened and investigated.

[idahome]

Thoughts and prayers for your MIL. Hope the procedure went okay.

[cuddlyevil]

Fingers crossed!!! I hope all goes well and her recovery is swift and easy.

[cuddlyevil]

Glad she's doing well!

[doglove]

Love you to you margarita !! ❤️❤️❤️

[tiramisu]

Glad to hear surgery went well and that she's going well!

[bullygirl979]

margarita, I'm so glad that things went well! Sending big hugs to you and your family!

[idahome]

Glad to hear she came through the procedure okay!

[doglove]

How is she doing after the weekend margarita? Hope her recovery is steadily improving.

[margarita]

Feb 12, 2018 10:57:11 GMT -5 doglove said:

How is she doing after the weekend margarita ? Hope her recovery is steadily improving.

Thanks so much for asking. She is in a lot of pain, and the doctors are seeing her blood pressure and heart rhythm go up and down quite a bit, which is frustrating, but it's not completely unexpected. Sometimes it's one step forward, two steps back for a while with healing, especially after such a major surgery.

We are staying positive, and are just happy that the surgery went well and that she is getting great care where she is. Hopefully things stabilize a bit more for her asap so she can get the rest she needs.

[doglove]

I hope she stabilizes and they can get her comfortable. I'm sorry to hear she's in so much pain.

[udscoobychick]

I hope she stabilizes and that her pain decreases soon. I'm glad the surgery went well, though.

[neonpink]

I hope she recovers well.

[tiramisu]

I hope she stabilizes and that her recovery goes well.

[mags]

So glad to hear everything went well@