What a week! Daren's surgery went very well. However, he has had a slow recovery starting with a difficult time coming off of the anesthesia. His oxygen levels were really low so we ended up being there longer than expected. He has yet to sleep through the night due to his pain medication wearing off. So he vacillates between being in pain and being in a fog from pain medication. On top of that, he is nauseous. He desperately wanted to get out of the house yesterday so I took him on a drive. He made it to the Wal-Mart and was ready to go back home because he was so nauseated. It's been good times around here! I feel so bad for him and it breaks my heart to see him in pain. Each day he gets a little stronger and I know he will get better but this is definitely taking longer for him to recover than we had expected.
A few funny things that happened:
1. After coming off the anesthesia, the nurse asked him if he wanted any crackers or cookies. He only wanted a shrimp cocktail and a Dr. Pepper.
2. Mystery Question-When he checked into the hospital, the nurse gave him the lovely hospital gown to wear and some paper blue boxer type shorts. When he came out of surgery, his paper blue boxer type shorts were gone. We have joked all week about what happened to the paper shorts. Who took them off? Why would they give him the shorts to wear if they were just going to take them off during surgery? Anyway, yesterday we get a "Get Well" card from the nursing staff at the hospital. Was this the same group of nurses who know what happened to the blue paper shorts? The mystery continues.
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