Friday, July 25, 2008

The Great Poop Watch of '08

Reb is doing great today. He has a lot of his color back, and is able to stay awake for longer periods of time. He still has his epidural, but they took off his Magnesium and Potassium infusions. He was able to walk the halls again, with one hospital gown in front, and one hospital gown in back.

We expected to see biopsy results today, but the doctors didn't see much of Reb. We are all hoping tomorrow to have more news, and the removal of the epidural.

What we are all really hoping for tomorrow is a bowel movement. Reb has been quite uncomfortable and not wanting to eat anything, as it is just sitting in his stomach. He won't be able to check out of the hospital until he poops, so the nursing staff and doctors are all on poop watch. Once he gets going, we can start making plans for him to come home and enjoy the visit from Jill and her kids.

2 comments:

Turbo said...

I'm super glad to hear that things went well. Hang in there.

Cari said...

We are glad to hear that things went well with the surgery. We are looking forward to having you around for a few more years too. It looks like when you are young and old poop seems to be the topic of conversation. Good luck that!