@delphiniums
Welcome to Mayo Connect!
I understand how worried you must be. It’s a big surgery in itself and then the extra worry about possible transplant.
My husband had an urgent CABG surgery 12 years ago- he is still doing very well.
I was able to visit in the recovery room as well as ICU- generous visitation.
They have to. open up the chest wall at the sternum. In recovery the healing will cause some discomfort. He was discharged home after a couple of days and had therapists come a couple of times.
In general, the hospital stay was easier than expected.
Ask a lot of questions- each institution has different rules, especially if there’s respiratory infections in area- flu, COVID etc