Pete is at St. Francis. He is on the 3rd floor ICU. The family is in the 3rd floor ICU waiting room.

They are keeping Pete heavily sedated, keeping blood pressure down, and keeping him still. Urban and the family say they haven't been told much about recovery time. Just needs to let the aortic repair heal first and foremost. They stitched up his face, which is pretty banged and swollen.

Don't know if it is good news or not, but we thought they were gonna have to open up his chest to do the procedure, but they came from the side, underneath the ribs, but him from his backbone to his belly around the side, the way Urban explained it. I'm no doctor, but I would think that would be a less painful recovery from that.

I'm sure all of your prayers are appreciated.