I don't think so, he's way smarter than I am. He's a literal genius.

That seed fell on some awfully fertile soil.

ack - sending any email to former employer just gets me all worked up - DONE THOUGH!

Now to put on some music and PACK A BOX!! before making calls to contractors to get bids on work.

Tim met with the cardiothoracic surgeon this morning, and his surgery is in 2 weeks, on the 21st. Seems like it should be straightforward, but, ya know, it's still heart surgery, so it's kind of nerve-wracking. It will be robotic surgery, which is minimally invasive (as opposed to open-heart surgery), and he should be in the hospital for 3-5 days, and then off work for 2 more weeks after he gets home.

Once he's home, I plan to set him up with streaming TV and movies on the iPad in the bedroom so I can get work done, or else I'll murderize him, which will defeat the purpose of surgery to fix his heart.

The surgeon has extensive experience with robotic mitral valve repair, and was fantastic at explaining everything, so I feel pretty good about that. It's just...ack, heart surgery.

Heart~ma, Tep. 2 weeks does not seem like a lot of time to recover! I hope that's because it really is that easy to recover from this. Also anti-murderizing~ma in advance

2 weeks does not seem like a lot of time to recover!

Yeah, that seems wild to me, too! And all the rest of what -t said.

Timelies all!

Congrats to your son, Gud!

2 weeks does not seem like a lot of time to recover! I hope that's because it really is that easy to recover from this.

The surgeon said 2-5 weeks (ish) after coming home from the hospital (he'll be in the hospital 3-5 days), but that because it's minimally invasive surgery and Tim is young (for a heart patient) and otherwise in rather good health, it wouldn't be unusual for him to go back to work after 2 weeks. But Tim promised that if he needs longer to recover, he'll take it.

Also anti-murderizing~ma in advance

Ha! I admit that I'm hoping he's back to work in 2 weeks. But I won't kick him out the door if he needs longer to recover and binge-watch AHS or whatever.

They have made so many advances in the field of minimally invasive surgery (as I am sure you know because of your job). It is amazing to see, having worked on a surgical assistant class for 15 years!

Much luck and ma and not murderizing to the Stately Lang-Beckmeyer Manor

They have made so many advances in the field of minimally invasive surgery

Right? Just 3 years ago, my mom had a heart valve replaced and an aneurysm repaired and it had to be open-heart surgery, crack the sternum, the whole shebang. Now it's just sneaky little robot surgery going in through a tiny hole in Tim's side and repairing the valve and boom, all fixed.

I thought it was weird to post about my kitty's surgery in the same post as Tim's,but

1. She is still super sleepy, but I think it is the Gabapenti 2. She still really hates the cone 3. They would have done minimally invasive surgery on her if I had brought her in October! Minimally invasive tiny kitty surgery! I can't even imagine the instruments, because I have seen the human ones and they are HUGE in proportion to a kitten 4. I actually recognize the suture type they used from working on that class. 5. I think in an apocalyptic situation, I might be able to suture better than the average Joe, but not better than a doctor or nurse practitioner or trained combat medic.