Leanne Mader just gave us a tour of the K-ICU ward.  Leanne will be Dad's nurse while there.  She showed us which bed (#19) he'll be in and told us what to expect.  Tubes, monitors, IV's, etc.

After surgery, he'll go from the O.R. to the K-ICU, where they have a 1 to 1 nurse patient ratio.  He's directly in front of the nurse's station and will be the only cardiac patient in the K-ICU.  He'll be there until at least tomorrow.

After K-ICU, he'll be moved to the C-ICU, the Cardiac ICU, on the 8th floor, where they have a 1 to 3 nurse to patient ratio.  He'll be in the C-ICU for a day or two, depending on how well he's recovering.

After the C-ICU, he'll be moved to a PCU room, also on the 8th floor, similar to the room he was in the past few days.  That has a 1 to 5 nurse to patient ratio.

That was nice of her to give us the tour.