We are now happy that the surgery went well yesterday and that the wound looks good. Praise The Lord for answered prayers! You all have contributed so much to this recovery with your faithful prayers, thank you so much! Last night was pretty good considering it was just after surgery. We are committed to faithfully turning him from side to side every two to three hours...doctors orders!! Even though it is not really our responsibility we feel it is absolutely necessary that we set the timer to go off every two hours so we don't miss turning him over. Mom said he slept real well and he helps turn so it doesn't take long to get him repositioned and back off to sleep he goes. At least now we don't have to try to get his legs settled down from pain like we used to. He was increased on his Dilaudid PCA Pump to 2 mg. per hour now so he sleeps so much better and doesn't have to hit the button very often at all.
This morning (Sunday) I was so out of it I had a very difficult time getting around and back to the hospital. I did not actually get over to pick Mom up until 11:30AM! I called and said we should just go get lunch while I was out with the van and then I would come up to the room. When she came down she said that it was a good thing I didn't come up any earlier because he got up around 5AM and wanted his teeth brushed and sat up for about 10 minutes and then he slept very soundly and did not even move at all until 10:30AM!! That's 5 1/2 hours straight!!!! Mom did not disturb him at all because he was positioned off of the wound and he was completely comfortable. She even left all the blinds closed in the room so he wouldn't be awakened by the light. What a blessing that was!
All in all it was a pretty uneventful day. Just turning him every couple of hours and keeping him fed, bathed and entertained are the biggies. I was going to get some of my emailing done but he wanted to play cards so I rolled up next to the bed and he just laid on his side most of the time and played. It sure helps to pass the time for him. The time factor is so hard for him as you could imagine being in the same bed not moving out of the room except for surgeries for over 5 weeks! Time just drags!
When Mom called tonight for me to pick her up to come back to the hospital we went out to get a card game that she likes called Skip Bo to have something different for them to play. They usually stay up until 2AM playing cards. That is crazy to me but Don says he is slept out so he tries to stay up. This time they only stayed up until 1AM playing cards. This is another reason Mom is an angel!! I could never stay up that long playing cards. Well, at least until I get some sleep back from staying up for so long while Mom was gone.
I left for the night around 11PM and got a real good night of sleep.
Keep up the great prayers and we'll get another update off to you,
Don and Carol and Mom (Sharon Zelinko)
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