Beginning Recovery
Posted Dec 10, 2014 7:25pm
Joe's surgery went great. The surgeon was able to accomplish all that he set out to do. When Joe woke up in Recovery he was really itchy and his pain was at a 9. They ordered a drug for the itchy (which is a common side effect from all the anesthesia) and they gave him Morphine. The Morphine helped him sleep for a while. He was sleeping as they rolled him up to his room and he slept for about 2 hours more.
When he woke up, he did everything they asked him to do. He has a spirometer which he uses (you take deep breaths in). This will help him get off of the oxygen sooner. They are going to roll him on his side every two hours. He was just put on his right side.
They injected a medicine in his spine at the beginning of surgery that is helping to control the pain. That will work for 24 hours. He also has a button he can push for pain. You can push it once every 8 minutes. He's only pushed it once so far. He is determined to get better.
Jessica will go back to Golden tonight and come back here tomorrow. Dave will go home to Grand Junction tomorrow sometime.
I'm sleepy, but good. Thanks for all the prayers.
I'm definitely not as funny as Jessica.
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