We’ve not been able to see Frank today as he’s being kept in a clean intensive care unit. This is normal procedure after surgery of this magnitude, so nothing to worry about.
From what the medical team are telling us Frank seems to be doing well, he’s stable and everything has (so far) gone to plan. He’s breathing on his own now although his heart is being assisted by a machine called an Inter Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP). This machine reduces the amount of work the heart needs to do which in turn should expedite the healing process. All being well he should come off this machine later today and then he’ll be ‘flying solo’ once again.
Tomorrow morning the medics will decide whether he is well enough to be moved onto a normal cardiac ward or whether he’ll have to stay in intensive care. Hopefully he’ll be moved and we’ll be able to see him (for the first time since Wednesday!).
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