Road to Recovery
Dad pre-surgery*
My father (my father!!) under went quintuple (oh no, I did not stutter) bypass surgery yesterday morning. Thank God, everything went well and he is on a fast mend!
Today he was able to sit up in a chair and he even got to eat. Even if it was just a liquid dinner of chicken broth, tea and cherry slush. He looks great considering the circumstances.
His only complaint is that his throat is raw from where the breathing tube was shoved down. That and he's extremely sore. I asked him if he was in pain, but he said on a scale of 1 to 10, he was a 3. I think that's great considering he was less than 36 hours out of open heart surgery, don't you?
Tomorrow they are going to try to walk him and if he's doing well enough, he'll get moved out of ICU either tomorrow evening or Monday morning.
We are so blessed to have such fantastic friends and family. I thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers and ask that you continue to pray for my Dad's speedy recovery.
You can also check out Mom's site for updates.
*only my family would take pics at a hospital :)
My father (my father!!) under went quintuple (oh no, I did not stutter) bypass surgery yesterday morning. Thank God, everything went well and he is on a fast mend!
Today he was able to sit up in a chair and he even got to eat. Even if it was just a liquid dinner of chicken broth, tea and cherry slush. He looks great considering the circumstances.
His only complaint is that his throat is raw from where the breathing tube was shoved down. That and he's extremely sore. I asked him if he was in pain, but he said on a scale of 1 to 10, he was a 3. I think that's great considering he was less than 36 hours out of open heart surgery, don't you?
Tomorrow they are going to try to walk him and if he's doing well enough, he'll get moved out of ICU either tomorrow evening or Monday morning.
We are so blessed to have such fantastic friends and family. I thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers and ask that you continue to pray for my Dad's speedy recovery.
You can also check out Mom's site for updates.
*only my family would take pics at a hospital :)
1 Comments:
Look at that strong guy... the calm before the storm!!
Looks like he's doing great! I found some pics on JR's flickr too... what a photogenic family. :)
Great post, my lovely cuz. :)
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