Six days down....

Well, I made it through the surgery. It wasn't horrible but not a walk in the park either. I am just so thankful that Jill was able to be with me through the whole thing. She was amazing. The hospital I stayed in looks like a 5 star Hotel but the care had a lot to be desired. the day of my surgery my nurse never came in my room unless Jill called her for something. The PCA's (patient care assistant) were great and did their job of checking my vitals but that is it. The nurses never checked back to see if my pain medication was working or if I was having any adverse reactions. We were not impressed. the last night I was in I finally got a nurse, Terrence, that was wonderful. He spent time with me making sure I was okay, printed out papers on my meds so I could better understand what I was getting and made sure I was comfortable.

I still haven't been hungry and it has been 6 days. I am drinking lots of Propel, that I have grown to love, chicken and beef broth and Jello. I also drink regular water too but prefer the Propel. It makes me feel good for some reason. I started walking the halls of the hospital the day of my surgery. I have had some problems sleeping so I would wake Jill up at midnight or 1:00 am and make her go walk with me. But during the day I would set in the recliner and let her take naps in my bed to make up for it. I am walking about 1/2 mile in the mornings since I've been home and I am going to try to start doing the same thing in the evenings if I feel up to it.

I'm still having problems sleeping. The longest stretch of sleep I have had since my surgery is 5 hours and that was morphine induced. Now I sleep 1 to 2 hours and wake up with a horrendous headache and have to get up for a while. That's the only complaint I have from all this so I guess that isn't too bad. I have one (of the 5) incisions that still hurts a little but I have stopped my pain medication and have done really well all day.

Friday I get to start on soft foods so I'm kind of looking forward to that. Not that I'm hungry but at least it will be different tastes for me.

My days are pretty lonely but the kids will be back from their dads tomorrow evening so I will be entertained.
Poor Jill is trying to get us moved to our new house. I feel so bad that I can't help her but hopefully the people that have promised to help out will follow through. We should be staying at the new place Friday night.

I guess that's all for now. Will keep you posted as I can.


Thanks for all the prayers and concern. I am really blessed by all of you and especially blessed by having Jill in my life. She is an amazing woman.