Day 1 Post Surgery

11:30 am- Dad did AMAZING over night. No seizures, no pain, no problems at all. I spoke to his ICU nurse last night around 10:30 pm and at that point he had taken a nap and was sitting up watching TV. This morning he had a breakfast of bacon, eggs, and pancakes and right now he is eating lunch. They've un-hooked him from everything except a blood pressure cuff and the heart rate/oxygen monitor. He will be moved out of ICU sometime today and will have an MRI done later this afternoon or this evening. They checked his legs this morning for blood clots and found no problems with that. He's been sitting in a chair off and on today and is going to start walking around whenever the nurses are ready for him to try but he's still moving his arms and legs around in bed. He's determined to get home as soon as he can!

5:15 pm- Occupational therapy was in earlier this afternoon and Dad was able to get up and walk around a little bit with them. Other than that, nothing else has happened. Dad and I have both been napping off and on. We're still in ICU and have no idea when he'll be moved. Also still waiting on the MRI, we were told that they do all the out-patient tests before they do the in-patient ones. Dad is still in no pain, he's been eating and drinking just like normal.

11:04 pm- Mom called ICU around 10 pm tonight and found out that Dad finally had his MRI today and that he was sitting in his room watching the Cardinals game. There's a chance that he could be moved to his new room during the night so we'll call in the morning before we go up there and see where he's at. Everything seems to be going well so far, his "super goal" (his words) was to be home by Wednesday which is highly doubtful and if not then, he was hoping by Thursday. Think it will depend on how quickly he gets moved to his new room, he's not really supposed to get up and walk around much while in ICU, hopefully in the new room he'll be able to get up and walk a lot more.