Morning! Josh is in a good bit of pain, but he’s being super strong. The staff is removing his balloon pump as we speak; hopefully by this evening or tomorrow, Josh will be sitting up and trying to walk a little. While Mrs. Malone and I are breathing again
Josh is resting right now. He is no longer intubated, but he does have a number of IV lines and a good number of IV meds at the moment. The nurses tell me that we’ll start to see them be removed overnight until he will have just one IV
SURGERY IS COMPLETE! Dr. Keeling said that everything went great! Josh is getting finished up in the operating room and will be back in his ICU room later this afternoon. He likely won’t be awake until much later this evening, and even then he will be on a lot
Everything is still going smoothly in the operating room. Josh is now on the heart/lung bypass machine and doctors are working on grafting the arteries to his heart. We hope to have another short update soon.
Just got a call that the prep work is complete and doctors are starting the surgery now. We probably won’t hear any news for a couple of hours. I will share as soon as we hear something.
Good morning! Josh went back for surgery about 5 minutes ago, after having gamed up by listening to Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat before he went back. That is literally the only new information we have. I will share updates as we get them from the surgical team.
Tomorrow is game day! We've asked a ton of questions, learned even more, and now all that’s left to do is wait until the morning. About 7 a.m. Eastern tomorrow, the surgical team will arrive and take Josh back to the Operating Room. Mrs. Vickie and
It‘s been a busy day here at Emory Midtown Hospital! Josh has had a full spa evening: a good bath, a scalp and back massage, and finally a shave! He looks 15 years younger, and I think it made everyone feel better. We saw a few doctors today, and
Good morning! Apologies for not posting an update last night; in truth, yesterday was a very, very slow day and, because so little was happening, we all tried desperate to get some rest. We got some great news from the attending surgeon this morning: Josh's troponin levels have
Good morning! Not much news to report this morning. The balloon study didn't happen last night. The medical team decided it will be best to leave the intra-aortic balloon pump in place until his surgery. Unfortunately, this means that Josh-o has to remain flat and cannot bend his
It's hard to imagine getting excited about someone eating more than half their dinner, but when I say that I was absolutely ecstatic today, I mean it. A healthy appetite is so important when your body is trying to heal, and I'm really glad that Josh
Good morning! Josh is doing better today, though he gets tired really easily. He sends his love to all. This morning, we did a test run to see if Josh's heart would respond positively without the benefit of the heart balloon pump, and it was a success! His