Today Cheryl had her surgery. As of 3:00 PM she was awake, in her bed comfortably and was able to get the breathing tube out. Getting out the breathing tube is a very important step because this indicates that the patient is awake enough after the anesthesia and also the breathing tube can be very uncomfortable. Tonight Cheryl will be staying in the Cardio Thoracic Intensive Care Unit. They will get her up into a chair tomorrow morning around 5 AM if everything progresses according to plan. It will then be her surgeon’s decision to transfer her up to our step-down floor 4400 tomorrow morning. There she will stay a few days and recover some more. Once on 4400 another person will be able to follow up with her and make comments on here.