Mason Van Tassel’s Blog

Well, Tuesday morning started off just as I had anticipated.  By 8 o’clock I knew what a plucked chicken felt like. They wheeled me into the OR and that’s all I remember till sometime in the afternoon when I heard a voice calling my name and telling me to breath. That seems like strange thing [...]

Tomorrow’s the big day! I go to the hospital at 5:30AM for by-pass surgery at 8. This afternoon I spent six hours there getting “pre-admitted” and “pre-oped”.They took my blood, did an EKG, x-rayed my chest, did ultrasound on my carotid arteries and the inside of my legs, asked a lot of questions and [...]

I’m sitting here contemplating the fact that at his time next week I’ll be in ICU ….