Colleagues, Judi is in Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine. Phone 904-819-2031. The surgery is scheduled for Thurs about 1 p.m. and will take about 5 hours. She will be on a ventilator for the lst day til things get going right. She will be in the hospital for 5-7 days. She wrote: "Preps show need for mitral valve replacement on left and mitral valve repair on other side. Maze procedure to stop aging which might not last. No stents or bypasses needed. Celeste one day on life support to get heart pumping on it's own then the real healing commences. Will be grateful for prayers, candles, love. and light...especially for Dick's well being, too. Dicks # 386-569-4356. Feel it's the right thing to do. " (He also has some health issues.) Some of you with heart issues may understand better than I do some of this language. Her home address: 25 North Lake St, Crescent City, FL 32112.