Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwww!!!! Thank you Nanny.
My mom has been in the hospital following double bypass/valve replacement surgery. She's been having a rough go of it and has been in ICU for almost 2 weeks now. This past Friday, it was not looking so good and they had to put her back on the ventilator. So I've been kind of busy with that and trying to get some renovations done around my house.
One of my dad's hobbys was researching bioengeneering, and he was very close to a lot of top surgeons here, as a matter of fact, the second artificial heart implant in the world was done here, by that team of doctors. So I've seen a lot, and with the research in these past 30 years these kind of surgeries are foolproof. So much so that with my own angyoplasty I was smiling all the way, the doctors didn't understand, until the head surgeon came in. THEN they understood that the team had developed all those techniques that later were refined, but were they the ones that developed them!
There is risk envolved, depends on your mother's age and prior history, but beleive me when I tell you that the risk is little. Nevertheless, my prayers are for you. I've seen more bypass and valve replacements than many surgeons see their entire life, and most patients live a good life afterwards. So hang in there...