Out of the hospital

Jerry was released from the hospital this morning & we are finally home!!! We all went straight to bed & slept all day so forgive me for not answering messages. Jerry is very weak but glad to be in his own surroundings. His doctors are very happy with how everything turned out...it was truly amazing! Jerry will begin doing basic things slowly until he builds up his strength & then he will start cardiac rehab in about four weeks. The recovery will take several months & within a year he should be completely back to normal. You can hear the valve tick when it's quiet in the room & you are close to him but that's actually a reassuring sound since it lets us know that the valve is working :) I will continue to update the blog so everyone can know his progress. He will be unable to take calls for a week or so. Right now he gets really exhausted with basic tasks so we want to save his energy for walking & breathing treatments. Thanks again everyone...much love from the entire Garland family!