My great-uncle had his surgery last night.

They had to fix a blocked artery in his neck (which included taking veins from his leg and implanting them in his neck), do four bypasses in his heart, and then remove a tumor from his sternum. He was in the emergency room for about eight hours, and is currently in a lot of pain (which is kind of to be expected...).

The scary thing is, the doctors were saying he should have dropped dead from a heart attack a long time ago. His heart was so blocked up that it was a miracle nothing had happened.

It’s still unknown if he’ll pull through, but God am I hoping he does. I don’t want to lose another family member so soon. The doctors say he’s doing much better than they expected though, and they took him off the ventilator just a while ago. So at least he’s able to breathe on his own now...

Yeah. Just thought I’d share that. G’night.

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