I passed my baby off eight hours ago. 

I tried not to cry.  The only experience I can equate the.feeling of passing Marshall off to OR Nurse J, an anesthesiologist,  and a doc is it is a step above holding my dog at the vet on her last day with me.

My. God. This. Is. So. Hard.

A pre-op nurse provided ample distraction with chatter about Barbados. 

Marshall has been on bypass for 5.75 hours and counting.   I don’t know enough to know but that sure as heck doesn’t sound good.

Please, please, please think of him tonight.  Any strong thoughts you can spare for him and his team will be reciprocated one hundred fold.

And maybe send a good thought to the big wild boys.  I would give nearly anything for them to be here.  They miss us terribly (and us them).

(**Marshall’s nurse just walked in at 9:56 …he is off bypass finally…**)