Grandpa's procedure went well yesterday. He had 80% blockage in an area, so had a stent placed to open it up. There was one other area of a vessel with 60% blockage, but they don't do anything to that this early. His recovery was good, had to keep the femoral catheter in longer because of his risk of bleeding, and even when they did remove it they had to hold pressure for quite a long time which caused a very large bruise. But they have to do what is necessary to stop the bleeding when on Coumadin.
Plan is for him to stay the night and hopefully head home tomorrow! The kids sent him hugs this morning before school!
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