We were off about 9:30 this morning on our way to Olathe Medical Center for Mac's surgery. We got him all checked in about 10:45 and they took us back to the pre-op room for them to get him ready for surgery.
He was taken in to surgery about 12:20. Dr Anderson did the hernia repair first and it took about 30 minutes. Then Dr Metz went in and did the surgery on his vocal chords. Both doctors came out and talked to me after each procedure and told me that everything had gone well.
He was in recovery until about 3:00 - 3:15pm. It took us about an hour to get him home. He's moving around pretty good but is hurting in the hernia repair area. The pain med's are not doing a lot for that pain. He says that the pain isn't bad in his vocal chords, so I'm assuming that the pain med's are working for those.
He is to take it easy for tonight and not lift anything over 10 pounds for the next 4 weeks and then increase weight by 10 pounds each week til he is back to normal...that will put a kink in getting some of the things done around here and getting ready for the new 5er.
He is eating some soup for supper and surfing the Internet...lol. He will probably try to be in chat tonight!!
Life isn't measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away...
1 comment:
Thank God both operations were successful and are over with. At least Mac is on the road to recovery now.
gypsy
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