Day 2: Post-op Update

Yesterday was a long day....Sam started the day off up very early..something about he can't sleep in the hospital ...who has that problem? He even compared it to being worse than midnights ...I didn't think I would ever hear those words.

Here are some photos from his ICU stay - This is some of the machines he was on...this was after they took him off of some. So whenever he had to walk you can imagine the ordeal or cords and what had to come with us.

He loved this chair and the ICU was redone recently so these are new chairs we have come to find out. 

He met with a physical therapist and started to do some light exercises. They said your body naturally wants to heal in a caved in position so he needs to do shoulder shrugs, circles, chest stretches, arm circles, and coughing/breathing exercises.

They gave him the boot from the ICU around a little after 4...he was upset since the Lions game was just starting and he was starting to get comfortable there with his private room and chair. They had him walk from ICU to his new room and that counted for at least 3 walks so he got plenty of walking in.

We moved to the University Hospital for the rest of his stay. He wasn't too happy about having to share a room and hates the chair they have in here. It's too deep and harder for him to get in and out of. He felt frustrated like he took a few steps back. I can understand since in ICU they made him work on getting in and out of the chair on his own without using any of his upper body. Then we come here and this chair is deep and tilted funny and he can't do it on his own.

A thought did cross my mind to go to ICU and then run out rolling a chair but I could just see the breaking news now "Woman trying to steal ICU Chair at U of M" or something like that... and then he would have missed out on his slumber party buddy last night.

He had started to develop a low grade fever yesterday right before getting moved so I stayed with him last night. I got the better end of this deal as I got the bed but we were up every 1.5-2 hours since he was either sweating/shivering, uncomfortable or they were taking vitals.

I think he is starting to feel a bit better cause he is complaining more :) I mean he had to go BIG on this one...the guy that has NEVER had a surgery or taken anything above Tylenol in his life. I am the problem one that's had 4 surgeries (two ankle, gallbladder and appendix/twisted cyst). Should have guessed he wanted to trump me with a big one ;)

Sorry for the late post...After Sam's mom Bonnie came down this morning I went to sleep for a few hours in my room...it was only 3 but it felt like a weeks worth so I feel much better now and a bit recharged for our day 3.