Progress...

Everything over here is going as well as can be expected. I am making even faster progress than I did after the last surgery.

Today, Wednesday, I was able to get out of bed using the walker. All my tubes were removed because I didn't need them anymore. (Oxygen, catheter, vital signs detectors.) It's all very slow going. I can only go a few steps from the edge of my bed using the walker, but that is a lot at this stage! Tomorrow I will be able to take a shower.

One of the doctors told me I might need to be given blood because I lost a lot in surgery, but I haven't heard a word of that since this morning so I suspect it isn't necessary. Actually, I was told that during surgery they vacuumed up my blood off the operating table and put it in an IV bag and put it back in my veins! Sounds crazy, but I guess this is standard procedure.

Aside from the blood loss, there have been no problems with this round of surgery at all. I feel relieved to be able to be over this hurdle and looking a better future.

OK, sleepy time now. More chatty details soon.