Papa Update!

Surgery finally happened on Tuesday, the 2nd, at 2pm.  The surgery took about 4 hours to complete and then he spent nearly 3 hours in recovery.  It went well though.  He lost a good amount of blood so they ended up giving him a total of 4 pints of blood to keep him stable.  His heart did fine this time and his blood pressure was pretty normal for a man of his age.

He had a fever for a day but it quickly went away without causing much concern.  They had him sitting up in a chair for an hour and half the very next day.  He also had to start physical therapy immediately.  He was a tad grumpy about this with the nurse, but she told him he had no choice in the matter - it was dr's orders and he was to follow them!

The nurse told me that during his first PT when they had him try using a walker without putting much pressure down on his right leg that he actually started walking too fast and they had to have him slow down so he didn't get hurt.  What a great sign. 

That's all I have for an update.  I went yesterday and he even seems to be in a better mood.  I mean he is still about to drive the nurses crazy {they had to take away his call button for awhile hehe} but he is doing well.  Next step will be to go to a rehab house for a while and continue his PT.  Then finally back to his own place at the assisted living facility.

Thanks to all of you wonderful bloggers for the prayers and kind words. 

Surgery rescheduled AGAIN...

Update date on Papa…. Surgery was cancelled this morning. It was set for 730am, and they came to get him for prep around 615am. Well by 8am the surgery was officially cancelled. His heart rate kept going up way to high, normal for him is between 80-100 beats per minute, his heart rate this morning was up to 155. The anesthesiologist tried giving papa medicine to slow his heart down, they gave him medicine for anxiety that will actually made him forget a few days because it’s soo strong, they tried blood and fluids as well. Nothing worked; the lowest they got his heart rate to come down to was 136.

Now we are waiting for cardiology to come speak with us. They said anything from just heart stress to heart attack. Either way they will not do the surgery with his heart in this condition. It would be really risky for him, his heart could stop and that would be bad. His blood pressure is low and they are watching that every 15 minutes. They have done an EKG and have more tests ordered.

UPDATED: Thanks to a simple neck massage done by the cardiologist {there is a name for the “procedure”} his heart rate went down and now surgery is rescheduled for tomorrow at 2pm.