scary

Hey all. Paul's cell phone is out of batteries -otherwise I would just call mom to spread the word. The surgeon just came and talked to us. He said everything went well, except they found a surprising thing. The section of his aorta that was narrowed was "extremely long" in his words. He showed us the length of the patch they had to use. And yes, they had to use a patch instead of just cutting it out and sewing it back together. The best method is cutting and sewing them together because you're joining natural tissue and it will grow. But in this case he didn't feel like it would be long enough to stretch and sew together, since they cut out so much. SO he has this patch, which is the next best thing which should grow with him too - I guess it's just not ideal. He will wake up soon and then we can find out if his legs and everything are ok. The doctor still doesn't know about that yet. So...that's the latest.