My uncle Chip is doing well...

[ceebeegee]

per my daddy:

He was originally supposed to have triple bypass but it was uppped to a quintuple bypass deal after a looksee. He also had a blockage in his carotid (95%) which was taken care of too. He is recovering very nicely in ICU and will be awake around midnight...

Mother of SHIT. A quintuple bypass? How is that even possible? I thought there were only 4 ventricles/auricles/whatever into the heart? And that carotid blockage? 95%? Mother of shit.

I called my stepmom and left a message: We are lucky to have Chip still with us. Very lucky.

My uncle Chip rocks. He's intense, loves to drink and have a good time, the compleat WASP. I love drinking with him. He's my father's oldest brother and is named after my grandfather--Wharton Green III, so we call him Chip.

I'm so glad he's doing well. I love my uncle.

Comments

[dry-2olives.livejournal.com]

My dad had a sextuple bypass. (Not that I’m trying to one-up you) Afterwards he felt so good that we had to keep him from over-exerting himself. Glad to hear the operation went well.

[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

I thought there were only 4 ventricles/auricles/whatever into the heart?

There are 2 ventricles and 2 atria, true, but what's bypassed in bypass surgery is an artery feeding the heart muscle itself, of which there are many more. It's like sending the blood on a detour around a traffic jam. And it's a pretty common surgery these days.

[kellygirlnyc.livejournal.com]

Glad your uncle is doing better. Be well!