Donnie's operation took 7 hours last Thursday. He has had a pacemaker for 30 years so one lead was embedded into the heart and had to be left. The other lead has been in for 10 years. They placed a temporary pacemaker in and are supposed to place a permanent pacemaker in tomorrow. He has been in the hospital since the operation and hopefully will be able to be home by the end of the week. The operation tomorrow should only be a couple of hours. We had rain, rain, rain last Thursday and then it... Sign in to see full entry.