Jay had his first of two days of pre-admission clinics for his upcoming bypass surgery. Today, we met with the initial physiotherapist for a half hour introduction. She told about basic post-op procedures and gave materials to practice good habits for the days after coming home. The package of materials included Jay's Royal Columbia Hospital heart pillow. There's a great write up on page 5 of this, slow-loading copy of the RCH magazine.) It will used after the operation to help prevent damage to the healing collarbone during recovery.
Also, he had blood work, an ECG, and a chest x-ray done. Tomorrow we'll go back for a longer clinic session.