Thursday 5:35 PM

Dr. Newton, the heart surgeon came to tell us that  he's checked the tests that he ordered.  The vein-mapping and carotid echo are fine.  The pulmonary tests show the need for a little work, though.  He's concerned that she hasn't been up very much...   he wants to change that.  So, he's going to transfer her, maybe as early as tomorrow, to his floor on 6 West.  There they focus on getting patients to ambulate (walk).  So, we'll publish her room number as soon as she moves.

He said that the pulmonary doctors have a little work to do on her breathing, etc. before her surgery.  He said that he's tentatively hoping to fix her early to mid next week.  So maybe before Thanksgiving she'll get her bypass surgery.