Wednesday Morning

It's Wednesday morning, July 8, 4 am. I just finished my shower and at-home surgical scrub in preparation for going to the hospital, to check-in, not for same day surgery, but for a major heart operation. The insurance company prefers it this way, saving the cost of one night's hospitalization. I slept well, largely because we saw Dr. Rosenbloom yesterday morning. In what seems a sudden reversal (although he suggests we might have misunderstood him before) reminiscent of John McCain's 2008 campaign strategy, Dr. Rosenbloom now suggests, seems to even favor, and suggests he would do it himself were he having heart surgery, that, in the event I need two valves, he would put a tissue value in the mitral position. Maryka and I were both shocked, yet extremely buoyed by this reversal. I think this is why I slept as well as I did, and am happily blogging at this very moment.