[Osage Orange]

"Any FReepers with cardio experience. How long do you have to be off blood thinners or beta blockers prior to this type of surgery...that could maybe explain the delay."

Probably not an issue.....

Thorascopic decortication is a minimally invasive procedure....A lot of blood loss would be unusual.

FWIW-

[Miss Behave]

Thanks, Double O.

And guys, I think that at this moment, and in this news of the day, that Bubba really *does* need all our prayers. It's the Pubbie way.

[Texas Songwriter]

Yes. In the old days, we had to perform a thoracotomy to decorticate. That proceedure would set him back a few paces.