4th Day After Surgery

The 4th day after surgery has been uneventful but a good one.  Joe ate his popcicle & jello for breakfast, followed by a bath and then 2 laps around the unit.  Then back to the room where he sat in the recliner for a couple of hours.   During those 2 hours he had 6 visitors and really enjoyed the company.  Lunch came during that time and he had his popcicle & jello as well as juice and tea.  He was enjoying his visitors so much that I went downstairs and had my lunch.  He moved back to the bed just prior to my return for a little while and after all his visitors were gone, we went for another walk.  This time 2 laps around the unit and a quick trip down the hall and then we returned to the room.  He soon after had his IV changed to a different arm and since has been reading his Nook in bed.

Right after this photo was taken we heard the lovely singer who had toured the 9th floor last week down the hall from us.  When the song she was singing was over, I went out in the hall and motioned for her to come to our room.  She remembered us from last week when she sang  "Defying Gravity".  This week she suggested the theme from "Beauty & the Beast".  Her name is Jae Choen and she is a student at Duke who volunteers to go from room to room on weekends to see if patients would like to hear a song.

Thank you Jae.  You have no idea how much Joe enjoyed your song and how touched he was after you left.

It's dinner time now and Joe has Jello, Popcicle, tea and chicken broth.  I'm going to do my best to talk him into trying the broth.

Thank you to everyone's get well wishes and prayers, cards and letters!