Day 2 Post-Operative

Clear Skies on Day 2

     Do we really have to stop and take another picture? I'm in a hurry to see my "LOVE". We had to show you the view on day #2 from above the clouds....clear with mount Hood and Adams in the north and south distances. Sorry for the glare off my brothers head.
     We were up at 5:30 this morning to arrive before Dad was weaned off his medication to awaken from his slumber. Most of us were out like little lights by 10:30ish after a very long day yesterday. I was so frustrated to get up this morning and not be able to blog to you all :(  Between Rick and I and Viki and Bonica I think we are doing a pretty good job keeping you all up to date.

Say "CHEESE"

This picture was taken only minutes after Dad was extubated (breathing tube removed). He is being such a fighter. Does this look like a man who was just pulled through a knot hole backwards? Just prior to this picture his ventilator tubing was pulled at about 9:20am with my anticipation of him having a really bad coughing attach and gagging lots......BUT NO!!!.....he was the perfect patient and it came out slick as _______ (don't like mucous words) :)  It was so awesome to get here this morning and see his pearly blue eyes looking up at us, except that he was having a hard time telling us that his mouth was hurting.

 

Read My Lips

Apparently the vent tubing was pinching his lip, we were like naming every possible place he could be having pain and he just kept mouthing words that we couldn't figure out....finally I got it....."My mouth hurts", OF ALL PLACES THAT'S WHAT HURTS? We told him just a little longer and the tube will be gone.:) He was also able to have is arterial IV line removed which was measuring his B/P's. We only have 7 or 8 more tubes to go. The first thing he did when the vent was off was to sit straight up in bed and smile. He is now on oxygen through his nose at 4L and maintaining saturation's of 96-97% which is really good. His B/P is fairly stable and he has had a low grade fever that they are watching. The only thing right now he needs to do better is "PEE". His body has not quite decided to let go of all the fluid they pumped into him yesterday. OK, I have to go to the bathroom myself after talking about "PEEING" so I will return later with more news.