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Cardiac surgery is a life-changing event, and there are important things to know for what comes during recovery. Immediately after surgery, you will be taken to ICU. Patients typically do not remember the breathing tube being removed as anesthesia wears off. We take great care in managing pain with medication. Then, you will be eased into mobility and do pulmonary hygiene exercises to clear the lungs and prevent infection. A physician assistant from the U-M Health Frankel Cardiovascular Center e