Weekend Update

I feel like the title of this blog post reminds me of Saturday Night Live's Weekend update with Seth Meyers. Well in this case its with Jessica. 

We spent the weekend trying to get a routine down around the house...not really an easy task when we are used to the hospital waking Sam up all night. It took some time to see what furniture in the house was comfortable for him and for how long. Sam didn't like the recliner that was brought over to the house from his parents until....he accidentally moved one way in the middle of the night and it reclines to a nice bedlike chair. Go figure...so that is now deemed his napping location during the day and he occasionally sleeps in it at night. 

Sam did have a low grade fever all weekend and only at night...however, it wasn't over the 100.5 that the doctors warned me about. So I just monitored him and it seemed to work its way out and leave him alone. The fever mixed with some night sweats made for very little sleep...we are still trying to catch up on that around here.. I think Sam gets more than I do and yet says he doesn't sleep. ha! I am listening to him snore right now as I type this. 

We have also discovered the 'night sweats' and they didn't stop at the hospital. He had these in the hospital but of course the nurses chalked it up to the pain medicine he was on at the time. Now that we have switched to a different medication they still happen and he can have 1 a night to quiet a few. I talked with Marguerite (Dr. Bolling's nurse) and she said these happen for multiple reasons but its nothing to be concerned about. As you can imagine Sam is VERY concerned about them and wants them to vacate our home immediately. They usually disappear in a few weeks so until then I am doing laundry daily :) 

Feeling COLD...Sam's feet and hands feel cold a lot... to the point that if I bake something he is right there waiting to put his hands over the heat coming from the oven...this used to be my spot in the house! This is just another one of the "this should disappear in a few weeks" after surgery...I hope it does sooner than later cause he hates being cold and never has this problem. 

Sam is walking about +/- 1 mile a day on top of doing exercises and steps! We are about to become "mall walkers" at Somerset Mall next week. Can you believe that I went on their website tonight to see if they listed how many miles the mall was etc and they have a club you can join! It meets every 3rd Wednesday... I guess I should keep my laughing to myself as Sam may be a proud member soon enough. 

We are taking everything day-by-day....