Paul's surgery went well. He has a new tunnel catheter that sits under his skin right along his collar bone. It will tuck under his shirt and not be in the way of shaving and moving his head like the other one was. He also has a feeding tube to make sure he's getting nutrients. The nephrologist said he's allowed to have whatever he feels like eating in addition to what they'll give him down the tube, so there are Grandma's chicken'n'dumplings and Grandpa's bread pudding on their way here for dinner!
After the surgery, they wheeled him over to radiology for a CT scan before coming back up the rickety elevator. :) They wanted to get another image of his abdomen to make sure everything still looked good and that the feeding tube made it into his stomach correctly. Our nurse had the great idea to do it all with one trip up and down the elevator and made it work out just right.
We're back in his ICU room now. I think PT still has to stop by today, hopefully before I have to leave at 6. I'm rootin' for him to make it to the chair to sit up for a little while.
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This is great news. I prayed all afternoon! Can I come eat with Paul? Sounds like he will have a yummy dinner- hope he feels like eating.
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