OK, not much, granted. But I am taking the same heavy duty drug he was addicted to....and it's making me feel quite well, as you may have guessed from a second blog today! Had my "tubes taken out" this AM - and of course I had to ask to SEE them (don't do this if yu ever have the option!) Two HUGE, LONG tubes that were protruding from my gut, and running right up into my chest cavity....yyeeewwww!!! Like, about a foot long and 5/8" thick. Two holes were those were, one on either side of my midline incision. The only remnant of my surgery, besides the $5,000 titanium St. Jude's valve that is stitched into my heart, is ne "drip" port on my hand, which will remain in until I'm discharged, and three wires running from my hips up into my heart, attached to a temporary pacemaker. (One possible effect of the valve surgery is that the heart's natural pacemaker can be damaged; usually it takes about 4 days post-surgery to ensure that all is OK. So far, it sounds fine, and I should be able to have the wires removed tomorrow).
And, miracle of miracles, I GET TO TAKE A SHOWER TOMORROW! I can't remember when I have so badly desired a shower, yet I'm living in a bit of fear of water touching all of my sensitive, bruised front...
Right now, God willing, I am looking at a Saturday discharge...And hopefully not the problem that Rush had....
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Want company? I can stop by tomorrow sometime...I'll call or you can call me if you are up to a visit.
--Kris
Hey Rris! I am supposedly getting a shower today and after that should be in better shape for company. I have an Echo at 130 --
Feel free to stop by if you like. I'm in Mary Bligh 6=740.
507-287-5053
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