Astros third baseman Aaron Boone has been taken out of the intensive care unit after open heart surgery performed Thursday at Stanford Medical Center in California.
"It was a little more serious that we kind of expected," Bob Boone, Aaron's father, said. "The surgeon told us it's good we did it now."
Boone said his son had a section of his aorta replaced and had his aortic valve repaired. They knew of the condition since childhood, but it had worsened in recent years.
Boone Out Of Intensive Care After Heart Surgery