sometimes when you ask, you get what you want

The phone call I'd been waiting for came around 9:30 this morning. Mom was out of surgery. I think she might have been singing.

Results? She had no blockages. Well, to be precise, she had some minor blockage in 2 veins so small they couldn't put stints in them if they wanted to. Those will be treated medically. According to the cardiac doctor, the heart looked like he'd done the bypass surgery last week it was so clean. And the fancy pacemaker they'd put in had actually improved the heart function. They will be decreasing some of her heart medicine in the upcoming days as a result.

So they had still put dye in her system, but as little as possible. And her kidney function remained the same. And she's being discharged on Friday. Without dialysis and in time for a nice weekend with them. As for dad.... well, happy Father's Day.

Does this still mean I need to get a present, or will he be totally overjoyed and not notice? I guess I need to get a card, just in case.

--Laura