Quote Originally Posted by lizbud View Post
I heard that he is to get the same type surgery that Barbara Bush just had.
I hope it is a successful operation. Williams always makes me laugh.
I hope he does well. I've always liked him.

What makes me sad is my mom died 45 years ago of this very thing.
Back then, heart surgery was seldom done. When done at all, it was considered experimental. I like to think that because she was at one of the leading hospitals in our area at the time and one of the only ones to do heart surgeries and we allowed an autopsy, she may have contributed in a small way to the advancement of this surgery that is almost routine now.