Black likes to say he looks like Janet Jackson. The robot responds only to Black's voice. Black said, and the robot responds with a hi-tech ring. The operation was over in three hours, and Alexander began to wake up. Three days later, he went home.
Kids having traditional heart surgery remain in the hospital five to seven days.
Alexander's parents, Susan Peacock and Albert Cumming, held the boy's hands and watched him anxiously as he recovered from his life-saving surgery. Black looks forward to the day when the entire O.R. obeys his commands. He'll be able to move the lights, the bed and the robot with his voice or with a computer. He also hopes to develop a camera that sees through blood. Black said, only half joking.