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.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
We still haven’t talked to the surgeons, but that should happen shortly.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
If anyone has any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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