Bright and early waiting for the Doctor to arrive. Steve had another great night, only taking one 5mg Oxycodone to keep comfortable through the night. Other than that, he was only getting Tylenol via IV a couple of times a day. He really does look good.
He convinced me, and after I had seen him awake and well, I convinced myself he was ready to go. The doctor agreed and gave us his blessing said he would see us in two weeks, and was gone to see his next victim. By the way, the Dr. did say Steve was remarkable, and he had not had a patient who had undergone an 8 hour very complicated procedure recover so quickly.
That was 7:30 AM. Just had to get the discharge papers from our favorite nurse Pearl. Shouldn’t take long, give us a paper to sign, make sure we understand our discharge instructions, and off we go. Back to the Valley with a Blizzard stop along the way. Just one paper, two or three instructions, and off we go ……
Pearl was nowhere to be found. WE were ready to go. WE were packed. WE (steve) couldn’t wait to get to DQ in Riveria. What could be the hold up? Wait, you say Pearl has 5 other patients? Hey they weren’t going anywhere. Just because they may need some medications this morning, they weren’t waiting for a Blizzard. We spotted her in the hall, she said be right there………..I’m sure Steve standing at the nurses station, clothes on, staring at her didn’t make a lot of difference, but at 11:30 we were on our way.
Had a great drive home. Puppies glad to see us, chicken soup delivered to the door by our friends Barb and Henry,
We are happy to continue the healing process.
We want to thank everyone for all of the kind words, and good wishes sent our way.
Judy
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