Anybody had experience with bypass surgery?

[DaFace]

My dad had a series of mild heart attacks a couple days ago and will be going in for bypass surgery in about 3 hours. Yeah, it's a little scary, and I do appreciate any good thoughts, but that's not necessarily the purpose of this thread.

My wife and I were planning to take my parents on vacation to Washington DC in 18 days. My dad was a social studies teacher and has never been there, so he was really looking forward to it. Obviously, the trip's now in serious jeopardy.

I know that he'll be in the hospital for a week or so, but how long after being allowed to go home is one able to at least get around with assistance reasonably well? I have no issue with pushing him around DC in a wheelchair if I have to, but I'm just curious if he would even be able to handle that 18 days from now.

We'll talk to the doc about it, of course, so there's a chance he'll say "hell no" and this question won't matter. However, I figured I'd see if any of you have had the experience (or been around someone who has) who could give me an idea of what his situation might be like in a couple weeks.

(NOTE: This is a bumped thread for those of you who aren't very observant.)