Good Evening, and a good one it is. I'm hanging out here next to my wonderful husband as he eats cream of chicken soup, orange jello (for the second time today) and vanilla ice cream :)
He's moved out of ICU and on to the fifth floor of St. Mary's. His general surgery resident was just by a bit a go and is impressed with his progress. I'm completely amazed at how quickly his incision is healing this time and am so pleased they used sutures that dissolve on their own and have proven to be a much better prospect than getting the staples pulled!!
They are now only concerned with his lungs and some fluid they found in the lower lobes while doing a chest x-ray this morning. But the best cure for that is gravity, so we've been walking a lot and working on a breathing machine they give him to use ten times an hour.
Overall, his recovery is moving along way more quickly than I ever expected, and at this rate, we'll be outta here by the weekend. They've asked us to stay in Rochester at least one night after we get discharged to make sure he tolerates the outside world OK :)
At this point, it seems to be downhill ride and I'm just coasting along right beside him cheering him on along the way!! I can't say enough about how your support has helped us both throughout this entire process, and I am overwhelmed at just how blessed we are!!
I can't wait for the post that's titled "We're out"
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