Making Light: Open thread 91 ::: September 12, 2007, 04:39 PM Xopher (253) and abi (256) felicitations, and I too am nil nisi bonum about a date on which my wife survived open-heart surgery (as I mentioned in OT90). In response to abi's question, the recovery is going very well at this point; she's getting out of the ICU on the early side and may be returning home before the weekend. Then it's 6-8 weeks of light duty while her sternum recovers from the lizziebordenation. All this arose from preparation for a hip replacement which, though postponed, will be safer with her ticker tocking on all cylinders.