Yesterday, Mom and Dad travelled to Seattle to do a post-op visit with the folks at UW Medical Center. The biggest thing we learned from the visit was that the oxycodone we were carefully administering whenever he wasn’t feeling well was likely responsible for much of his discomfort. As a result, yesterday he took a much smaller dose of oxycodone, and today he’s completely off it.
With him off the oxycodone, his mental clarity has improved quite a lot. The enormity of the surgery (and the need for a pacemaker) is hitting him pretty hard, but as you all know, he’s tough and he is dealing with it admirably.
There’s some speculation that the iron supplement he was taking was the cause of some of his other discomfort, so we’re temporarily discontinuing that. His crit is still down at 27, so he’ll probably start on iron again soon if he’s feeling well.
Thanks to everyone for all the good wishes. I’ll make a point of writing updates here more frequently, but I can’t promise I’ll have much to say. :-)