Monday - Presidents Day

Physical Therapists showed up and are working on getting him up and moving. Told him they want him to walk 2 miles. We got him up; he ate breakfast by himself; got him back into bed and had him wash himself. They will come back and work on him some more later. Dr. Huang came in and said he's looking to do surgery maybe Wednesday or Thursday. They are going to do a scan to take a look at the heart and area around heart to see what Dr. Huang has to work with. The valve will be replaced with a metal or pig/cow skin/tissue. Metal requires use of blood thinners, but is smaller and lasts longer. Dr. Huang right now thinks the pig or cow tissue would be better for Felix because he bruises enough now and with blood thinners any cuts would bleed easily. Dr. Huang is also going to look at the veins for the bypasses. Leg veins are no good. There is one in the chest that they are looking to use and possible veins in the arms. He'll come off of all the medication and blood pressure medicine today which needs to be done before surgery. That's all for now.