Afternoon Update
Mom, Alice and Paul went to visit Dad at 11am until 12:30pm. Wow, he looked great. He was just waking up when we got there. He was able to prop himself up from a lying position into a sitting position when we said hello. We were pretty happily stunned to see that. He's able to talk a lot more than yesterday, is louder but sounds like he has a sore throat, which he does.
Leanne said he was out of bed for 2 hours this morning and was able to move himself from a wheelchair into a recliner chair. We're amazed that he can do something that physically demanding but he's a pretty amazing person.
The blood leakage in his chest is subsiding and only a slight concern, but they continue to watch it. He was given 2 units of blood overnight to make up for what he lost. The attending physician showed me the chart and the leakage has been slowing at a steady pace, which is good. It started at 100 to 150 ml per period (30 min periods, I think) and has tapered of to the 20 to 30 ml range now. If it were larger amounts, like 400ml and increasing or holding steady at those high numbers, then they'd consider going back to the O.R. to fix the leakage. So, it doesn't appear that will be the case for him, thank goodness. Some leakage is expected and can be caused by a number of reasons. A likely candidate is the vein taken for the bypass may still be healing with some capillaries leaking. Too give you a frame of reference, a soda can is 355 ml.
Carolyn visited him this afternoon and reports the chest tubes are now collecting into a smaller container, which is essentially a bulb somehow attached to his waist. This way he can be mobile.
Leanne said that he's ready right now to be moved to the C-ICU, the cardiac ICU, on the 8th floor. But, all 3 beds there are in use right now, so he'll stay in the K-ICU until a bed opens up. Fine by us. He may move today, or tomorrow, all depends on that open bed.
We told Dad about the many get well wishes posted in the comments. We read them all to him and he really appreciates them all, so keep them coming. He'll even be able to read them when he gets more lucid and access to a computer.
Dad was getting nauseous and Leanne gave him some medicine for that, which made him immediately sleepy, so he turned to lay on his left side, then shifted to lay on his right side. We covered him up with blankets and told him to get some rest and that we'd be back later.
Leanne said he was out of bed for 2 hours this morning and was able to move himself from a wheelchair into a recliner chair. We're amazed that he can do something that physically demanding but he's a pretty amazing person.
The blood leakage in his chest is subsiding and only a slight concern, but they continue to watch it. He was given 2 units of blood overnight to make up for what he lost. The attending physician showed me the chart and the leakage has been slowing at a steady pace, which is good. It started at 100 to 150 ml per period (30 min periods, I think) and has tapered of to the 20 to 30 ml range now. If it were larger amounts, like 400ml and increasing or holding steady at those high numbers, then they'd consider going back to the O.R. to fix the leakage. So, it doesn't appear that will be the case for him, thank goodness. Some leakage is expected and can be caused by a number of reasons. A likely candidate is the vein taken for the bypass may still be healing with some capillaries leaking. Too give you a frame of reference, a soda can is 355 ml.
Carolyn visited him this afternoon and reports the chest tubes are now collecting into a smaller container, which is essentially a bulb somehow attached to his waist. This way he can be mobile.
Leanne said that he's ready right now to be moved to the C-ICU, the cardiac ICU, on the 8th floor. But, all 3 beds there are in use right now, so he'll stay in the K-ICU until a bed opens up. Fine by us. He may move today, or tomorrow, all depends on that open bed.
We told Dad about the many get well wishes posted in the comments. We read them all to him and he really appreciates them all, so keep them coming. He'll even be able to read them when he gets more lucid and access to a computer.
Dad was getting nauseous and Leanne gave him some medicine for that, which made him immediately sleepy, so he turned to lay on his left side, then shifted to lay on his right side. We covered him up with blankets and told him to get some rest and that we'd be back later.
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