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They have been working repairing a place from the previous surgery. They are now replacing the aorta with his pulmonary valve and then another doctor will be working on replacing his pv with a cadaver. They have started the warming process which means the lengthy part of the surgery is over. Things appear to be going good at this point but will have to wait for the blood to start flowing.

The nurse just reported in that he is slowly coming off the bypass. He is coming off bypass but they did find a "little more work" to do on his heart but this will not require them to stop and restart his heart. The nurse reported that he has done really well and that there has been no emergencies so far. It will be close to 6:00 until he arrives back at ICU. Things appear to be where we need them to be.

Second report from the nurse is that there appears to be no leaking based on the most recent echo. He is more on his own then on the bypass. They are now waiting to see if his heart will restart on its own or if they will have to shock it. They are getting closer to closing him up. Still about another 1.5 hour before we reach ICU.