Yesterday we had a day of firsts. First time I have EVER seen Steve eat tomatoe soup - I almost passed out witnessing it! He is eating a little more and feeling a little better. He has had some nausea and needs to get things moving out (if you get my drift) before they'll let him go. He took a very short walk yesterday and got his first bath - washrag in the bed!
He slept really well last night and has already taken the first of his five long walks today - down the hall and back. When I got here this morning they had already removed his catheter so his only tube left is the oxygen. They are weaning him off of the oxygen today and Nurse Kellie has to be more dilligent about getting him to do his breathing exercises...... He will get to shower today which will make him feel more normal for sure AND we hooked him up with a massage to help with his back pain. After open heart surgery your back hurts pretty bad from stretching out the sternum when the ribs push into the spine. So the massage is apparently a blessing.
Thank you all for following the blog and leaving such wonderful messages. I am updating him regularly whenever I can sneak away and read it. The flowers and balloons have been awesome too (on a side note - the flowers are beautiful but he can't have them in his room so please just send your healing thoughts instead - we do appreciate them though and have them in the hotel).
I will try and sneak in another post with some pictures tonight if he is napping good at some point.
love to you all.
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3 comments:
ok now i think i am breathing again...thanks SO much for the updates. i'm SO thankful...can't wait to talk to you. love you both.
Everything sounds perfect! Does that mean you're secretly practicing scrabble already??? >__<..
As someone who has been couch-bound because of a stubbed toe...WOW!
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