Half of Monday was taken up at Wake Pre-Op. Pre-Op is now done in a brand new building across the street from the main hospital.
To be somewhat brief, all of this was serious surgery & beyond tiring! I'd already forgotten how exhausting his heart surgery ordeal was, which was only 7 months ago, & this procedure only involved 3 days & 1 night at Wake!
Waiting is hard.
Stress while waiting is hard.
Listening to all the families in the waiting room dealing with stress is hard.
Getting food is hard.
Driving back & forth is hard.
And on, and on....
On the day of surgery we were told to report to Patient Surgery at 5 am:( We arrived before the security police unlocked the front door!
Keith was wheeled to the operating room about 7:15. After checking in at the desk in the Surgery Waiting Room I bravely set off to the distant cafeteria & had a wonderful breakfast of coffee, eggs, bacon, & grits---a substantial meal to get me through the day!
Seth came to keep me company about 8:30.
Dr. Chaudhry met me at the desk at 9:20 to say all went well, & by 12 Seth & I visited Keith briefly in the recovery room.
At 2 pm he was settled into a room on 3B, having a lunch of raspberry jello & bouillon. He thought it tasted great:)
Our pastor, Jerry, stopped by for a short visit around 3ish. Really thoughtful of him to check in & pray with Keith:)
By 4 Skye arrived, having driven from Tenn. via Boone!
Cameron came after work, about 4:30.
Seth left around 5 for a ballgame.
We watched some of the Olympics together:)
Keith was feeling pretty good:)
At 8pm the 3 of us said goodnight--he was in good hands with his nurses.
Whew--a long day!
Keith did well enough through the night Dr. Chaudhry gave him the ok to go home Wednesday. By noon we were checked out & on the way to Apex. We even stopped & had lunch at Beaver Creek Chick fil A!
Thursday evening Lou brought over a roast with all the fixings, & Ralph & Lorraine dropped by with homemade chocolate pie & baked chicken:)
But Friday & Saturday weren't so kind. His pain (Skye & I picked up his prescription meds) grew worse that afternoon, & Saturday morning his blood pressure spiked up, enough to think we were headed to the ER! Gradually it calmed down as the day worn on. But he became nauseated a few times, a rarity for him. So things were tough Saturday. Naps inbetween helped.
Skye headed back to her Boone cottage Friday mid afternoon. (On Thursday she found a cute side chair at Consigning Design. She packed into her Neon a rug & bookshelves, for her "new" bedroom, but the chair wouldn't fit, so it will have to find another way to the mts.) It was so nice to have her help & company.
Sunday morning Keith felt better but not well enough to eat much or consider going to church. (I did slip out to the 11am service:)) By evening his appetite had begun to return & he slept well Sunday night. Monday, when I left to go in to work, he ended up napping till around noon, then perked up enough to put in about 6 hours of work from his recliner:)
Tuesday he returned to Lenovo:)
So, he seems to have weathered the storm & looks to be on his way to recovery again:)
PS. Keith found out today, Wednesday, while at work that Dr. Chaudhry wants him to stay home this week. So no more Lenovo till next Monday, the 20th. The rest will help, so I'm in agreement:)