Day 3

Day 3 and still going strong. Dad seems a bit more alert today, staying awake a bit longer at a time, going 7 and 8 laps on his walks.  In fact, his nurse told him he needs to cut back on the number of laps he does since he's really not getting many calories in via his feeding tube. Definitely not what he wanted to hear, but kinda funny for Mom and me to hear.  They are in the process of removing his neck and chest "tubes" (drains) right now. (down to 5 for those of you counting at home) I chose this time to step out since I don't do real well with blood or tubes or anything like that. They'll be taking him for a chest x-ray later this evening to make sure there aren't any air pockets or other issues with the removal of these drains. The plan is to "cap" his epidural tomorrow and try controlling his pain via meds through the NG tube. That may slow him down a bit, but not if he has any control over it :-)