Please pray for Edith, having OpenHeart Bypass Surgery today

At the same time that DadTate is in the hospital in Arizona, there is another drama unfolding in Missouri. Please keep Aunt Edith Tate-Hern in your prayers; she is undergoing open heart bypass surgery as I write this post.

Rick took her to Providence Hospital initially for pneumonia and three blood clots in her legs which had not responded to treatment. The doctors were planning on removing the clots surgically. But then, in the hospital she suffered a heart attack. And then she went in to renal failure, necessitating a delay in obtaining a heart catheterization until they got that stabilized. The angiogram revealed that she needed a three-way bypass surgery. Two arteries were 99% blocked and one was 100% blocked, completely closed off. She did not want the surgery but then today she suffered another heart attack and consented to do the bypass surgery. They immediately prepped her and took her in to the O.R. on an emergency basis. When I last spoke to Rick they had just taken her off the bypass machine, and were controlling the bleeding prior to closing her up and transferring her to the ICU.

We are all continuing to pray for both Edith and Tom, that they will each have an uneventful night and will be able to recover from their ordeals. Please also include Rick in your prayers; this has to be immeasurably stressful on him. All the cousins wish we could be there with you Rick, but we are with you in spirit... and we thank goodness for the blessing of CELL PHONES. (We've been in almost constant contact the past few days) - Talk to you tomorrow, Cuz.

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