We came to visit Dad at about 7:30 this morning. The night shift nurse says he did great all night with everything she asked him to do. They extubated him in the night, and are now asking him to use a couple of pieces of equipment to help prevent pneumonia. One encourages deep breathing, and the other loosens mucus in the lungs to help cough it up.
The site of the surgery is under a bandage, and very neat and tidy. He has a number of ivs currently, providing all kinds of fluids.
He has been eating ice chips, and trying to get his intestinal tract moving again. They brought him some jello, but he hasn’t eaten it yet.
They are managing the pain, which is significant (i.e. 8/10), with a combination of morphine and oxycodone. The majority of the pain is at the surgical site, but some is also due to his arthritis.
We still haven’t talked to the surgeons, but that should happen shortly.
His heart is still not ready to beat on its own, so he is still dependant on the pacemaker. I’m hoping the surgeon will give us more info when we talk.
If anyone has any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
All good news! What a relief it must be to see him breathing on his own and eating (even if it’s jello and ice chips).
We’re very happy to hear mikes doing well. It seems that with all the prayer that has covered mike this last year he is doing well. It’s good to know he’s in good hands from above as well as here on earth!
Benson! it’s been good to watch you grow to be such a good man as well as a loving caring son. I know you’re mom and dad are very proud of you. I’am sure that all that read you’re blog are very happy for all you’re hard work keeping us all informed.
We’ll continue to pray with confidance that mike will recover fast an be home quite soon! Tell mike we said Hi! Ron & lisa
We are talking to the good man and it seems he is looking after Mike. Thanks Benson for helping us through your dads trama. Our thoughts remain towards you and Carole.
Imagining him eating and sipping ice chips is like watching the sun rise. Good news that lifts the spirits. Taking deep breaths of relief. Sending you all love and relaxing thoughts.
Benson
I hope all continues to go well
Take care
Curt