in for surgery

ford went in for surgery at 7:30 this morning. the first hour is administering the anesthetic and getting set up. then the hard stuff, in the hands of surgeon dr. rebekya. while they're working on his heart, he will be on a lung and heart bypass machine. then an hour of watching to see how it goes when they switch him back to his heart. then close and clean up and out sometime after noon. we'll see him wheeled from the OR into PICU, and, we're told, about a half hour later, be able to go in and see him. it's 9:26 now...