SusQ
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Well, we are home. We are very lucky to have gone in when we did. Within 12 hours of hubby's arrival at the other hospital, his blood pressure had plummeted to 80-something over 50-something (the NP didn't want to tell me the exact pressure, but the look on her face spoke volumes). They quickly pumped him with 4 units of plasma to bring his INR down to a safe level to operate and rushed him in.
That was Friday and he's made amazing progress since then. For the first time since before the surgery, he's been awake more than he's been asleep today. He has color and an appetite again. His walks today were much faster than he has been able to manage and he wasn't short of breath when he was done. He also slept almost completely flat in the hospital bed last night, something else he was not able to do prior.
Hopefully now he can continue his recovery like we expected. He said he felt better today than any other day since the first surgery.
On a side note, I swear odd things only happen to us. The night after this second surgery, we were both asleep and I was awoken by a loud thump. I jumped up from the cot they'd put in his room for me and sat there for a second to determine if I'd really heard something or if it was just a dream. I thought I heard water dripping, so I used the flashlight on my phone to look around the room. On the floor, just past the foot of the cot, was most of one of the room's ceiling tiles laying in a puddle of water. A hot water pipe had sprung a leak, soaked the tile below it and huge chunk fell to the floor. The nurses rallied quickly and got us all moved to another room, all the while apologizing for the inconvenience. They really were fantastic about getting his pain under control and doing everything they could for us.
So last night, in the new room, hubby is asleep and I get all settled in. I was just dozing off when I heard a light whistling. It got louder and louder. I got up to figure out what it was and the noise was coming from the thermostat. Ugh. They have the same kind of thermostats as we do at work...they hiss sometimes and when we call maintenance, they just turn it either up or down. So I turned it. Up made it worse, down stopped it. But geeze, can't a girl get a decent night's sleep without having to fix the building??? :biggrin2:
Anyway, just thought I'd update. Hoping hubby's first night home will go well and that he'll get back to healing. Thanks for the well wishes.
That was Friday and he's made amazing progress since then. For the first time since before the surgery, he's been awake more than he's been asleep today. He has color and an appetite again. His walks today were much faster than he has been able to manage and he wasn't short of breath when he was done. He also slept almost completely flat in the hospital bed last night, something else he was not able to do prior.
Hopefully now he can continue his recovery like we expected. He said he felt better today than any other day since the first surgery.
On a side note, I swear odd things only happen to us. The night after this second surgery, we were both asleep and I was awoken by a loud thump. I jumped up from the cot they'd put in his room for me and sat there for a second to determine if I'd really heard something or if it was just a dream. I thought I heard water dripping, so I used the flashlight on my phone to look around the room. On the floor, just past the foot of the cot, was most of one of the room's ceiling tiles laying in a puddle of water. A hot water pipe had sprung a leak, soaked the tile below it and huge chunk fell to the floor. The nurses rallied quickly and got us all moved to another room, all the while apologizing for the inconvenience. They really were fantastic about getting his pain under control and doing everything they could for us.
So last night, in the new room, hubby is asleep and I get all settled in. I was just dozing off when I heard a light whistling. It got louder and louder. I got up to figure out what it was and the noise was coming from the thermostat. Ugh. They have the same kind of thermostats as we do at work...they hiss sometimes and when we call maintenance, they just turn it either up or down. So I turned it. Up made it worse, down stopped it. But geeze, can't a girl get a decent night's sleep without having to fix the building??? :biggrin2:
Anyway, just thought I'd update. Hoping hubby's first night home will go well and that he'll get back to healing. Thanks for the well wishes.
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