Meyer doing OK after heart surgery

Former Northern State basketball coach Don Meyer is doing OK after scheduled heart surgery this week in the Twin Cities.

Carmen Meyer said Thursday that her husband is in stable condition and that they are eager to return to Aberdeen. She also thanks everyone for their thoughts and prayers sent their way.

Meyer had three heart valves replaced with mechanical ones and a hole in his heart repaired. The damage was done from the secretion of carcinoid tumors. Meyer has been fighting carcinoid cancer since it was discovered after his car accident in September 2008 where he lost part of his left leg.