What we thought was going to take 10 hours is looking more like 14 hours at the moment. I just spoke to an ICU nurse who says they are waiting for Richard to be wheeled in, probably within the hour. Apparently Professor Hanna is so amazingly thorough, precise and detailed, the procedure takes longer than one might expect. I was assured by a senior vascular surgeon this evening that this is why he has such high success rates so it's a wonderful thing it's taking so long.
An ICU nurse is going to call me when Richard arrives and advises that it will probably be best for me not to come in tonight as he will still be deeply sedated and not able to talk. If I arrive at 10am tomorrow, the start of visiting hours, he will most likely have been brought 'round and will be in some state fit to communicate. I don't know if I will hear from Prof Hanna by phone this evening as it is growing so late so can just report that when I went in to the hospital around 7pm I was shown to the entrance to the operating theatres by a lovely ICU nurse and she spoke with several of Prof Hanna's team who said Richard would be in til 11pm but didn't indicate that anything was amiss. So I am assuming that everything is OK.
We'll all just keep embracing Richard in our thoughts and know he will be getting some restorative rest in the ICU which will allow him to face the morning's challenges.
If I hear anything significant during the night I'll give an update as soon as possible.
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