Reply #4: My dad had a triple bypass a few years ago.

[Bunny]

And believe me, at one week post-op, it was all he could do to get from his bed to the living room. He was clutching his "cough bear" the whole time (stuffed teddy bear to hold next to his chest when he had to cough,etc.). Of course, he was 70 years old at the time, which is considerably older than Big Dog is, but still.

Bypass surgery is no walk in the cake. It's major invasive surgery. It's going to take awhile before Bill is back to anything resembling normal. He needs to get up and about somewhat, so he doesn't develop a bloodclot, though.