Patient Flavor of the Week

It is storming, so if you just get a part of this, and nothing in the morning, not to worry, it is the weather.
It seems every other time I walk in the room, I'm greeted by a different Handy Man.  As far as pain, well he had pain meds at 10:30 a.m., got out the last drain at 11:30 and hasn't had a pain med since.  It is just inconceivable to me that we could go from yesterday's pain nightmare to no meds all day.  Wow.
That is awesome news.
It is also hard to believe this has only lasted five days. What?
What isn't so awesome is along with dizziness that was always present we've added nausea to the mix. So a very quiet, tired, sick patient today. Add this very dark day and his room was kind of a sad place. The big picture- I really don't know how this recovery could be moving the right direction any faster. The minute by minute is ever fraught with some other, or an on-going, misery.
He had hoped to be able to read some, but not yet.
He has no appetite at all.  Also, in a bizarre turn of events, he's gone from always freezing, to always being hot. That could in part be the increase of his circulation, more likely a new med.
This surgery, oh my, everything you do hinges on some other issue you are trying to take care of.  The injured heart puts extra pressure on the kidneys. This means the meds going in are not going out at the rate they should. The only thing that will help is moving.  Do you have any idea how fun moving is when you are dizzy and nauseous?  Poor guy.  Anyway, he's been in a chair most of the day, but has taken a walk twice. Once around the nurse's station and he was well spent of course.
So tomorrow will look like walking, breathing deep, walking, breathing deep.
We both bear a close resemblance to a limp, wet dishcloth.
Aunt Tish and Leesh ( Ceece's Sister Nurse) go back to their other lives tomorrow. Whaaaaaaaaaaaa.
So prayers that Handy Man jumps all the hoops needed for recovery.