Thursday, August 7, 2014

Post op day #1

Our day started early when the nurse thought he should pee at 6 am. Afterwards he started to walk out the door. I asked him where he was going he said "to the play room". I told him the play room didn't open until 9 am. Finally got him settled back in bed and asleep. Then the residents came in at 7 to check on him. At this point he was awake and ready to go. I finally convinced him to wait for the nurses. So he begged for his iPad.
He played for a while. We got the nurses to hurry the order up for his clear liquids. His first choice of the day was a Popsicle. 
He loved that, but little did I know he was watching the time. And as soon as 9 am rolled around, he was outta there. 
He wanted to be in the play room. 
He proceeded to show the volunteer how to play with trains!
Pretty soon he got tired of trains and made his way to the wii. 
And the Xbox. 
And the wii again. In between, the nurse calls into the play room and we go back for meds and antibiotics. But John came down long enough for me to get lunch, adult conversation (not all with just him), and most importantly a Shower!
About 5 pm, we finally got a movie and laid down for the first time. 
But it lasted only that long and we were back in the play room by 6:15. He has decided that he could stay here forever! After the movie I has a bit of inspiration and we tried chicken broth. 
He loved it so much that we got even more chicken broth 
He took one cup with him and we went to find me some real food. The hospital has a "family room" with a fully stocked kitchen for anyone to use. This has been a huge help for us. So I found something he would not want to eat and so I hate the hottest Chinese food that I have ever eaten. What I thought was red bell peppers was really hot red peppers! Yup he had no desire to join me!  When we got back to the room they told us that while we were gone the residents had advanced his diet to a full liquid. This means
Chocolate milk after 2 he finally covered his head and off to sleep for the night. 
Well after I unburied him that is!

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