Hopefully God watches over her tonight and thereafter as she recovers from the lifesaving surgery.
Former first lady, 83, has heart valve replaced in surgery
| Front page | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle:Former first lady Barbara Bush is recovering at The Methodist Hospital after successful open-heart surgery Wednesday to replace her aortic valve, a family spokesman said Wednesday night.
The operation was scheduled last week, after Bush, 83, reported shortness of breath. Doctors diagnosed a hardening of the aortic valve, during which the valve narrows and obstructs blood flow.
“The surgery went extremely well,” said Dr. Gerald Lawrie, the surgeon who replaced Bush’s aortic valve with a biologic valve during a 2½-hour procedure. “I expect her to recover fully and soon resume her normal activities.”
The wife of former president George H.W. Bush was admitted Tuesday night and is expected to stay in the hospital for a week to 10 days.
Family spokesman Jim McGrath said Bush was awake, alert and talking in the intensive care unit Wednesday night, with her husband by her side.
She was originally not sure the surgery was serious enough to announce publicly, but was convinced otherwise Wednesday, McGrath said. She also didn’t want her children to know.
“I am very impressed with and grateful to the wonderful team of doctors and nurses at Methodist Hospital who have helped Barbara,” former President Bush said in a statement. “We have every confidence she is in the best hands.”
The surgery was performed a little more than three months after Bush was admitted to Methodist with a perforated ulcer. She is completely recovered from that surgery, doctors said, and Wednesday’s heart surgery was unrelated.
Hardened aortic valves need to be replaced because, if left untreated, they can result in heart failure or sudden death.
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