Sunday morning progress

Taking steps, literally.
He got decent sleep from 11 until about 4 when they woke him for pain meds. He probably needed all those pain meds from the trauma that was the Eagles playoff debacle Sat. night (which we watched together). ;-)
Typical hospital stuff -- just when you finally fall asleep, someone comes to measure something, take something or give you something.  [I'd post a classic Sesame Street clip from YouTube on this, but CC blocks it!]

He had some concerns about atypical rhythms from late last night and into this morning, so the nurses watched him and he called in a cardiologist this morning. They're tweaking his beta blockers again, going a bit higher and closer to where he was. He's been "throwing" (Catch!)  PVCs  (premature ventricular contractions) all night and all morning and they're monitoring, but not worried.They can be very common. And it's apparently somewhat expected after surgery. Plus could be an electrolyte imbalance. Guess that means Gatorade - STAT!  :-D

He sat in a chair for hours, had breakfast, is walking around some, and is untethered pretty much now. No more oxygen. He even walked out with me to the sitting area to say good-bye to my parents and do the one-arm air-hug of the recovering heart patient.  We'll go walksies more later.

Got fresh gown and a sponge bath.  [ hey! no naughty-nurse jokes necessary here -- I was one doing the up-close-and-personal thing this morning. Feel free to make jokes however about me!].  We've surfed the bad Sunday TV and now he's resting because they did some more work. Took out the sutures from his chest tube sites, took out his pacing wires to the heart left over from surgery (thin little orange things looking like dental floss). So he has to rest in bed for 30m minimum. After his active morning that's a 'scrip' he can follow easily.  And in a little bit they'll take out the central line at his neck and just use a new IV in his arm for meds, blood, or whatever. Pretty much all his drugs are orally now though.  He's been instructed not to leave his recovery room floor here for at least 4 hours so I am told to body block anyone who comes to take him away for any tests.  Hooo Hah!

Peace
Jenn