5.5 hours into heart surgery

Charlie is five and a half hours into surgery. Family is going a bit wacko in the waiting room (Uncle Joe teaching black-belt karate moves, Nick learning to be faster, Farley showing push up moves, Courtney breaking out fashion updates, mom pacing while holding babies, Aunt Karen singing show tunes, etc...) but over-all, everyone is holding up well.

We just received an update from the surgeon. Dad's bypass in finished. He had double bypass. They could not retrieve enough vein from the chest wall to do the third bypass, so he will have to go back in for a stent in 2 days. They are now suturing in the cow valve. You can imagine the "moos" in the waiting room. The last procedure is the aorta, so they said ANOTHER 5-6 hours! Keep up the prayers. We appreciate you all so much!