"OMW" (O MY WORD)

Home for the Night

I know! I know! Its been almost 24hrs since my last BLOG....not my doing, the blogger was down so I know I have some catching up to do. May the 12th was ONE of the longest days of our lives. Dads surgery time was a total of 12hrs and lots and lots of waiting. He arrived in the ICU unit at 8:35 and we were able to give him kisses! At least I was because the rest of the family is to short to reach over the side rails to kiss him....hahaha shorty's.



 

Look at my "LOVE"

This photo is intense but priceless. The tube in his nose is a Nasogastric tube that goes to his stomach to suction out bile and junk (official medical term..hehehe) and the large tube in his mouth is the ventilator tube that goes to his lungs to help inflate them so he can breath. All the pumps around and behind him are for different IV lines he has. The Two surgeons that talked to us yesterday (Dr Coleman and Dr Shipper) said Dad did a fantastic job. It took a little (lot) longer then they expected since he has such LARGE SHOULDERS........we all knew that...right? Actual after he returned to ICU I realized why it to so long, they were working from mid to lower abdominal area. Long ways from the esophagus area. I would show you all my inspection photos but dad might remove me from the will!

OK, so now I'm going to gain my thoughts and get back to you all soon.