Tuesday Update

So far, Jason seems to be doing well at home. It is hard for him to get up and down once he is lying down. The hospital bed which could be raised and lowered made this much easier prior to coming home. Right now, "Eenie" and I are having to pull him up when he needs to rise. He is using his walker to get from room to room. His muscle tone is very low and his balance is off. He spent most of his day today sleeping. His pain is tolerable right now. His pain patch will expire tomorrow afternoon (it is only supposed to last 72 hours and he had it put on around 3pm on Sunday). After that, he will have to rely on oral pain meds.

Today, we called Jason's surgeon's office to schedule his post-op appointment, and we received some distressing news. His surgeon had a minor heart surgery last Friday and was expected to be off of work for a week and a half. Jason was going to see him in-office next week (two weeks post-op). Apparently, Dr. Hemric's condition is much worse than they realized, because today he had open-heart surgery. Right now, they don't know when he will be returning. Because of this, Jason is going to have his post-op appointment this Thursday (Happy Valentines!) with the surgeon who assisted Dr. Hemric during his procedure. They told us that seeing anyone next week was not an option at this point. We don't know if Jason will be getting his staples removed as early as this Thursday, or not. He has about 20 - 30 staples that will need to be removed at some point, but we are not sure whether his incision is healed enough to allow for their removal. We are praying that there will be no additional complications during this time of uncertainty.