The Day After

By now you know about my good news. I'll will be so glad to heal from this surgery and get back to a normal life. I had pain in my shoulder last night and didn't sleep much; I don't know if it was the pain or the excitement. The pain is still there today but the "pain management team" have been working on it. I still have a IV in one arm, two central IV lines in my neck, the epidural in my back (with an "on-demand" button), two chest drain lines and a catheter, and oxygen tubes up my nose. With all these tubes I look like a plumbers nightmare. They won't let me have sleeping pills but I can have Benedryl which will help me sleep tonight, I hope.

Cindy has been here with me today and Bob joined us his evening. Syd is coming during the day tomorrow to play backgammon and I will watch some football (maybe). I will be here until at least Tuesday. The chest tubes will be coming out on the fourth day and the epidural, so I expect I will feel more pain then.

Many thanks to all of you for your prayers, best wishes, love and support. That is what has got me through all this. Wherever we spend Thanksgiving this year I know we have a lot for which to be thankful.

(Back to Bob) Yesterday, when Dr. O. told the entourage the good news the distaff side of the group let out such squeals of delight and whoops of joy that the policeman stationed in the lobby came rushing up the escalator to the mezzanine level where we were to quell the riot. Forty five minutes later Dr. Miller spoke with us to confirm that all went well and said that in 20 year of lung surgery on sarcoma patients this was probably only the second time the lesions had not been cancerous. He was surprised, but delighted, with the outcome. He also was concerned about flying in an unpressurized airplane so soon after lung surgery so, if we go, we will drive to the beach on Wednesday. It all depends on how Geri feels next week. Have a great weekend.