Post Surgery: Day One

Tony looking much better then the night before, when he was clearly in a great amount of pain. I arrived to find he'd been washed up, and ate some cereal for breakfast. Spent the morning being monitored in CTU-unit. By noon plans were underway to get him moved back to his room on the 9th floor. In the meantime, he was visited by a host of staff from the 9th floor, who were eager to see how he was doing. Very sweet!

I think he was finally up in his room and sorted out by 1pm. His pain was being managed fairly well so he was able to rest better.

Around 6pm Dr. Craig came to visit. Around the same time, Tony began getting chilled. Nurse took his temp and it was normal. 7pm I headed home, and within an hour Tony called to report he had a fever. The staff decided to watch him for an hour to see if it climbed higher. Well, it did... so Xrays were ordered, blood drawn and cultures done. Hour by hour I received updates from Tony, trying to decide whether to head back to hospital for the night.

Fortunately, I received a call from Matthew who was at the hospital and decided to sit with Tony for a while. Dr Craig had been called, and he told us we shouldn't worry about the fever, yet. So, I was able to stay home and sleep.

Day Two: Post Surgery

Arrived to find Tony zonked out. He'd not slept all that well, probably from all the poking, prodding, etc. His temperature was back down toward normal, which was a huge relief. We suspect he may be experiencing a bit of the GI issues he had similar to the first week in hospital, so he's eating very lightly for the time being.

The Pain Management folks decided to pull the epidural out, because of the fever the night before. They don't want to risk him getting an infection from it. Physical Therapy has been ordered, so we could see Tony being wrangled out of bed for a walk. Respiratory Therapy comes at least 4 times a day to give Tony a breathing treatment, and he's got a little gadget to use every hour, to help increase his lung capacity.

So far so good....... Hopefully no more fevers. As each day passes, I'm sure things will improve much more quickly.