Saturday Aug 2, I am back - sort of

8:45 pm and my pain medicine is kicking in so I am not sure how coherent this will be.

In my other moments of clarity Cynthia has forwarded your comments. Thank you again for all the prayers and good thoughts and wishes.

This has been a truly new experience for me and definitely one I do not want to repeat. I have had tubes connecting all parts of me to all different contraptions. Fortunately the pca pump with the morphine was left in through most of the removal of the various other tubes. The removal of the catheter was especially anxiety producing. Then they told me I had to pass 300 cc in 6 hours or they were going to put it back in, talk about performance anxiety, but there was really no option but to pass. I would have made some one else pee in the jar if necessary. (so for all you offering to help in any way...)

I could continue to go through all the other various difficulties but at this point with the codeine kicking in, they see relatively distant.

I do know that the only thing I remember from the post op was the excellent results and that I have the temporary ileostomy. It will mean another surgery in 3 months but thanks to a great team of doctors, great medicine, a great support staff for me and all the prayers and thoughts we got the best results possible which were confirmed on Thursday.

I am feeling better day by day. I appreciate the offers for visitors but as Cynthia will attest to, I was pretty out of it for most of the time. I am hoping to go home later tomorrow but it is looking more like Monday. I am walking about 5 times around the floor a day and tonight I have my first non clear liquid (pureed soup whoo hoo). It feels like I take 3 or 4 steps forward and then a slight step back. I am going to sign off for now. Hopefully I will eat some solid food tomorrow and try to get home to my own bed shortly there after. I will try to post when I get home.

Thank you again for all your support of me and also for all the support everyone has given Cynthia and the boys, I know it has been a strain on her as well.

Good night,

Bruce