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Good morning all,

I know that at this moment he is in the ICU. The hospital would not give me any other information over the phone but I have left a message for his niece, who he is close to.

I am sure she will give us the straight deal.

Mark, you have me nervous. Is this out of the ordinary if they did a bypass yesterday??

He will be in the post cardiac surgical ICU for a day or two and then will be stepped down to a more regular ICU unit. The first 24 hrs he will have one on one nursing. Most of the tubes will also be removed at this time and they will have him walking before you know it. Sounds normal to me. My guess he's at JSMC which does a nice job. I did some training there in the past.

Just got more info.,

Mark is "spot on". Vince is in a cardiac ICU and will be stepped down later today. They would like to get him up and moving, but at this point there is no timing for that.

Thanks all!

I will keep you posted as I learn more,

Hang in there Vince. Do your rehab and you'll be fine. We're all pulling for you.

For those who don't know Vince personally, here he is with his friend, Andre Watts:



This was taken at Cunningham Piano Company just before this past Christmas.

Our best wishes from Florida to Vince!

Rich - Get that man some piano music in there! He'll recover much quicker!

In my thoughts and prayers as well, Vince. There's hundreds of people thinking of you. You'll be better in no time!

Hey Vince!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery from all of your old buddies in the National Piano Traveler's Association. I know you will be back on your game in no time and hope that you can make it out to NAMM in January (maybe one of your old colleagues will invite you out to work their booth and pay your expenses and commission for orders). Then you can attend the annual party!

Warm regards,

Good luck on a speedy recovery Vince! I hope you like vegetables

Thanks for keeping us all informed Rich.

No problem Jeff.

I just got off the phone with Vince. He is now in the stepped down ICU and can have visitors. He was surprisingly pleasant and mentioned that it did not hurt nearly as much as he imagined it would, although he said a martini would be delicious right about now.

I read him the posts so far and it really lifted his spirits to hear them. Please keep them coming.

He would have told me more to say but his throat was still sore from the tubing they had inserted, so I am sure I will have more later.

Vince

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

You'll be up and in the kitchen in no time! Glad to hear it is better than expected.

Great news! Thanks for keeping us posted, Rich.

Just saw this this thread. I read somewhere that there are bypasses done 300,000 times a year in the US. Bill Clinton is a great example and there are many more of how quickly one comes bouncing back--and then some. Having met Vince and his wife, I sure spirits are high, the hospital staff is being well tended to and Vince is being very well taken care of.

Best wishes to a speedy recovery- looking forward to posting of Vince playing flight of the bumble bee by Labor Day.

I, too, just saw this thread. Vince, I'm sure you are in very capable hands, and I pray for your speedy recovery. Try your best to do what the docs suggest. (Don't be like my father-in-law who continues to smoke even though he has congestive heart failure!)

FTP wrote:


Just for clarity, Jane is not Vince's wife.

For further clarity, I have lived vicariously through Vince for years now. What a stud.

Vince,

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Latest news from Vince,

He is going home today around noon!

He will have a visiting nurse (he asked them to send one named Phoebe) 3 times per week, but everyone is very pleased with his progress.

Thanks for posting here as Vince enjoyed hearing your comments. Hopefully he will follow up personally before too long.

(I wonder if he will post pictures?)

That's wonderful news! Sounds like the procedure went successfully.

Thats wonderful news. ditto