Much better
Dan's surgery went very well. It took 6 hours, 2 hours longer than expected because his colon was so diseased. The first things he said when I saw him in Recovery were: 1) I surprised everyone, I didn't die 2) I'm hungry and 3) When can I have Chinese? All of the docs who have seen him are very pleased, if not a little surprised, by how well he's doing. He's been so frail for so long everyone was very concerned about the surgery outcome. He even had solid food yesterday and scarfed it down in about 15 minutes. It usually takes about an hour for him to get a meal done.
I've made it through two hurdles, now I have to get through the next one. Rehab - the 5 letter word that Dan hates. He's been in bed for so long that he can't even sit up. I want to bring him home because of the last ECF debacle, but I'm concerned that he won't get enough rehab at home even with help. If PT in the hospital could at least get him to sit up and do just a short stand I'd feel much better about it. He's got a double whammy this time because he's so weak plus now he's got the surgery that needs to heal.
Once he's healed from the surgery and able to transfer life will be so much easier for both of us. We can actually go out somewhere and not have to look for a toilet the minute we leave the house. No more public bathroom transfers without grab bars...yippee!! I think for pee breaks we can just get him to stand and use a urinal. I'll be carrying ostomy supplies around instead of diapers and extra trousers.
I can see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. It's a very long tunnel, but we are closer.
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