Well…HE MADE IT!!!!! The surgery is over and he is still uncomfortable but stable (as they say). He has another tube coming out from his abdomin which is draining into his bag. They extracted 4 huge syringes of fluid from his stomach and it is still draining into the new bag. He is still in quite a bit of pain but they did the surgery under local anesthetic. Which means he was awake for the whole thing. They are trying to find a way to decrease his morphine but keep a handle on his pain, so they have switched him to subque morphine, which means that there is a little plastic needle into his arm that stays there and when he needs some they just insert it under his skin. They are hoping that this will work, they started it around 12:30pm so by tonight we should know if it is helping.
He is going to be at MSA for another week just so they can monitor then fluid some more. Depending on how he feels tomorrow they will give him a day pass for the wedding.
Wow. Praying the pain will diminish and disappear quickly.
Comment by Heather — January 25, 2008 @ 4:20 am
We are praying for a quick recovery Richard. Love G & G in Ca
Comment by Grandma Carol & Grandpa Hy — January 25, 2008 @ 4:34 am
We are all praying for you my love. Thankfully you have your wonderful wife, family and friends close to you. We love you so much!!
Comment by Auntie Cindy — January 25, 2008 @ 3:31 pm