Davie
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Bev Gray is in surgery for her heart as I type this.
She has been my best friend (consider her my older sister that I don't have)for over 30 years, our children grew up together. Bev comes on here but I don't think she is an actual member and she shows with us down in Ada.
When Bev was very young she had a hole in her heart that was repaired with a patch but now that she is shall we say more mature, has worn out. She discovered this when she went in for pre-op tests last year when she had her knee replaced but they were able to control it with medication. He doctor decided it was time to deal with the replacement of the patch before there was any heart damage and when they started doing test to be sure that was all they found she has a leaking valve as well. She told her doctor that since he was in the area he might as well fix it too.
She went into surgery about an hour ago and it is expected to take approximately 5 hours. Her husband and grown daughter, quite a few of her church family and her two sisters are waiting at the hospital so decided I would just be in the way. Her son is deployed right now so can not be here.
Going to be hard to wait 5 hours to hear how she is doing. She will be in the hospital for 5-6 days and off work for about 6 weeks. Will be going over every other day or so to see how the horses are doing. They are on pasture and have round bales to munch on but they do need to be seen and looked over as husband is not a horse person so would not know if something was "off" with them.
Please say a prayer that Bev comes through this surgery without a problem. Thanks
UPDATE: Heard from Bev's husband about 15 minutes ago. She is out of surgery and in recovery. Repaired the hole and only 1 valve--thought there might have been two but only one. They did something else to help with the arimethia but will be 3 months before they will be able to tell if that worked.
Please continue to keep her in your prayers as she starts her recovery.
She has been my best friend (consider her my older sister that I don't have)for over 30 years, our children grew up together. Bev comes on here but I don't think she is an actual member and she shows with us down in Ada.
When Bev was very young she had a hole in her heart that was repaired with a patch but now that she is shall we say more mature, has worn out. She discovered this when she went in for pre-op tests last year when she had her knee replaced but they were able to control it with medication. He doctor decided it was time to deal with the replacement of the patch before there was any heart damage and when they started doing test to be sure that was all they found she has a leaking valve as well. She told her doctor that since he was in the area he might as well fix it too.
She went into surgery about an hour ago and it is expected to take approximately 5 hours. Her husband and grown daughter, quite a few of her church family and her two sisters are waiting at the hospital so decided I would just be in the way. Her son is deployed right now so can not be here.
Going to be hard to wait 5 hours to hear how she is doing. She will be in the hospital for 5-6 days and off work for about 6 weeks. Will be going over every other day or so to see how the horses are doing. They are on pasture and have round bales to munch on but they do need to be seen and looked over as husband is not a horse person so would not know if something was "off" with them.
Please say a prayer that Bev comes through this surgery without a problem. Thanks
UPDATE: Heard from Bev's husband about 15 minutes ago. She is out of surgery and in recovery. Repaired the hole and only 1 valve--thought there might have been two but only one. They did something else to help with the arimethia but will be 3 months before they will be able to tell if that worked.
Please continue to keep her in your prayers as she starts her recovery.
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