Thank you all for your well wishes and for tips. I didn't know about not eating before bed and with him working 14 hour days some weeks I'll have to tell him to eat at work instead of waiting till he gets home. We do know about no fatty foods but he thinks that it won't be to bad, I guess no matter how much I warn him he may have to find that out for himself. I'll look up info on line and maybe he'll get the understanding of no fat in his diet. This was his first surgery and had no idea what he was going to be going through, Yesterday while still under all the drugs he was feeling super and told me he felt like he'd be able to go back to work this friday OF coruse I knew it was drugs talking and told him not to jump the gun LOL, Well, today as we all know is another story and he's ready to take the time off that doctor setup. Barb

Hhireno--thanks for asking about DH. Almost seems like a lifetime ago that he had his surgery. So much has happened since March 5. DH is doing very well. He was discharged on March 11 and came home. I had taken so much time off from work during the previous two weeks that I ended up going into work the next day, leaving him home with our dog. Those first three days were extremely difficult not being home with him. I'm sorry I had to make that choice, but we made it through without any issues. When he was discharged they had him on an antibiotic for an infection at an IV site. Not a pretty sight. They only prescribed 5 days worth and it was not any better so I brought him to our local ER where they prescribed meds for another 5 days at twice the dosage. That did the trick. A week after being home he sneezed without his pillow and pulled a muscle in his chest, which caused him more pain than his chest incision. Thank goodness it was on his right side because he would have thought it was his heart giving him the pain. Only now that pain has finally gone away. We were scheduled to see the surgeon last Tuesday, however, received a call the previous day rescheduling to this Tuesday. Unfortunately I have a huge conference I'm running on Wednesday so cannot go with him. My DB has offered to drive him down, which I'm thankful for. Otherwise, he would have taken the bus, since he's not allowed to drive yet. Hopefully the surgeon will give him the green light on Tuesday and our lives will start getting back to something close to normal. We are scheduled to close on our current house and our new build home on May 15. Packing hasn't begun, but I've given myself until this Thursday and will start in earnest then. The past 3+ months have gone by so quickly. I can't believe we are leaving our home of the past 20 years and on to a new adventure. Just holding my breath that we make it to the other side.

So happy to see this update, Kathy! I wondered how he was doing and have continued to pray for him. Wishing him continued success on the road to recovery!

Roy is home! He did well during the night without the assistance of any breathing devices. His oxygen levels were excellent and the nausea has gone except for getting a little car sick on the way home from the hospital.....about 30 miles. A sleep study will be done some time soon but the feeling is the apnea was caused from the morphine post operatively. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!