Post Surgery

Dad's surgery was scheduled for 7am Monday, so i dragged my ass out of the house waaaay too early and got there at 6. (they said they'd take him between 6 n 7) there were a bunch of staff members that stopped in to say hi to dad.. several that hadn't seen him since he woke up, so he didn't recognize them at all, but they were all thrilled at how good he looked and sounded, and told him so. Apparently the hospital has been doing the hypothermia treatment for about a year - still a really new thing, and only done for patients that fit certain criteria, so there haven't been all that many cases.

Dad's surgeon talked with mom when he was done around 1:30. went well, needed to do 4 bypasses, and found a couple of cracked ribs. kinda explains why his chest hurt THAT badly.. not just from compressions which is typical, but also his ribs and some bruising. Dad was joking before surgery that he needs to find Chris (guy that was doing compressions) and jump on his chest later.

so i went to see Dad after hubby got home yesterday.. he was sitting up in a chair when i got there! they woke him up around 1pm.. so he's back to the slightly fuzzy stage, coughing alot which hurts like hell.. but he's doing really well. Dan the RN (he was working with dad yesterday too) said that he'll probably be ready to switch units sometime today which is a good sign, and another (final) step towards going home! I think I'm going to do the same thing today.. go visit when hubby gets home. We were supposed to get 2-3in of snow by 8am and then turn to sleet and rain later, but it's 7am and we have a good 3in already. I'm glad I got my errands done yesterday. Hopefully it'll be ok by 5!