Hey everyone, im back in hospital, for the night in observation out of paranoya. Having different symptoms. Heart related. Hoping they Are normal. Will post more when i know more,. Dont wig out textining in calling to find out if you haven’t heard on your timeline. Things take awhile
I am home, from the hospital convalescing for the next month. Yeah, I feel much better after they removed the last two wires protruding from my chest this morning. Relaxing right now and looking forward to my first shower in a week later this afternoon.
I know Kim has coordinated a schedule with some friends for assistance over the next few days. I’ll be putting together a schedule of other time slots where I may need assistance, from company at night checking in on me to making upcoming doctors appointments.
If you’re not local, don’t worry about making it here to help. All I can say is thank you for the enormous outpouring of support you’ve all given me.
I’ll be out and about sooner than you know it.
Its been 4 days since surgery and i seem to be recuperating well. I am spending most of my time sleeping and taking pain meds. I am shivering freezing at the same time sweating profusely. Meds mess you up! My rehab is basically breathing exercises and some minor walking. While the hospital stay up to this point had been suburb, this post op ward is horrific. The staff is terrible, no one is in charge and the left and right dont know whats going on. No one takes responsibility for anything. The standard answer from all staff here is,”im sorry” and then they walk out. Id be better off being home. It looks like i will get to go home on monday, if all goes well. Ive had 4 chest tubes and two feeding into my heart through the cartaroid artery removed. There is a wire through my chest to the heart still protruding through my chest. Its a safety thing that if they had too, could jump start my heart if i had problems. That will be the last thing they remove before i go home.
Visiting hours are 8-8 but really anytime as long as it isn’t around a shift change, which is 7 or 7. So anything other than 6-8 in the morning or evenings.
Im not sure what my needs will be, but im sure help with some basics, cooking, cleaning, laundry etc will be necessary upon my return home. It’s a fluid thing changing by the day.
Mike is out of ICU and moved to recovery room as of 3:00 pm today. He is in East Pavilion room H-306.
