Rob came out of surgery well. The surgeon gave us the report that. It is his hope that Rob will stabalize over the next couple days. It is great to have him under 24 hour watch in the recovery room. He has gotten some of the drugs that he liked soooo much last time. We hope that his withdrawal will be less eventfull! They inserted two large drainage tubes in his left chest area. They also have lines to allow for direct insertion of local anesthetics for pain control. He came to in the recovery room and responded to the medical staff. They remember him and call him "the kid". They said he certainly looks much better now than after his heart surgery.
The recovery room visiting schedule is much more restrictive. That will give us the chance to recooperate somewhat ourselves. It is so comforting to have him under the watchful care of constant supervision. It is our hope that the lining of the lung will adhere to his chest wall. They did not use the talc which was originally planned. The surgeon said that he was opened enough and enough of the chest wall was irirtated by the surgery that it should do the same thing without the talc. They are trying to get enough plasma, platelets, and red blood into him, to get his strength back. It was great just to see him laying back and apparently sleeping. The other good thing is that since he had the trache in he did not have to have a respirator tube in his mouth like the last time. Hopefully he will come back strong from this surgery and will be on a nice pattern of success.
We get to go back in a couple hours for a little visit. Please keep him in your prayers, and thanks for all your support.
Posted by Mike
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