Thank you to everyone for your continued support and prayers. We are overwhelmed by all the emails and phone calls we've received from so many people just expressing their love and concern for us. Thank you for your thoughts and kind consideration. It may take me a while, but I plan to answer each email and return every voicemail - just please be patient. :)
Today Bud has been doing extremely well. He is now out of ICU and has been moved to his own private room just down the hallway from David. His vitals are great and his skin color is wonderful. He is even up walking around all by himself and is hardly using any pain medication at all. Not too long ago he surprised David and me by showing up in our room. David was so glad to see him doing so well. It was the first time they have seen each other since the surgery. They compared surgery scars, of course. :) The doctors have Bud on a regular diet and Bud is joking around with everyone he meets. He's walking so much, he's becoming hard to keep up with! His recovery has truly been amazing and we are so thankful he is doing better than we expected in such a short time.
David is also doing better. The nurses took his first labs today and they came back good. After a few bumps this morning, we finally seem to have his pain under control. While he is not pain free, the pain levels are tolerable. He still gets nauseated from time to time and cannot eat anything yet, but we are working on that. He can drink water and juice. We hope he will be able to eat sometime tomorrow afternoon. Today we walked up and down the hallway twice and then David sat in a chair by the bed for almost 40 minutes this afternoon. Currently, he is getting some much needed rest. His surgeon and nurses have told him that today would most likely be the toughest day for him and I am hoping that the worst is behind us now.
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