Day 2

A beautiful sunny day in Seattle today. Dad's feeling pretty good. He doesn't have much of a voice today due to the NG tube, and perhaps a bit of the dehydration of yesterday, but he's raring to get up and move. Waiting for his 4th walk of the day (it's only 10:30 here now). He told us that he did 3 laps then 4 laps then 5 laps. To put this into a bit of perspective, we are only 40 hours post-op and each new nurse or doc that  comes in mentions that he should maybe try to walk a bit around the room soon.  I think he likes the shock on their face when he tells them he's ready to go for his 4th round. I really need to get him a pedometer to help him keep track. Some talk about maybe removing one of the drains today, but not sure quite what that means. He's a bit uncomfortable sitting in bed or the chair, which is another reason why he likes to go on walks, to get a new position and just "out" of the same room.