Thank You everyone. He is doing real good so far. We just got back home about an hour ago. They ended up starting surgery at 2:15 (that is when they started making the incision) and at 6pm they come out to talk to the family. Doctors expect him to have the tubes out in the morning and possibly out of icu by tommorrow evening.
Bad news is as soon as we learned that BIL'S surgery went well one of the nephews had just found out that his wife has a mass on her brain. So please keep their family in your prayers. They are in their mid 30's and have 6 children.
Chell: it is the eastern time zone for both. Thank you for your prayers.