Hello, all! I just had to find time to report to you all on the surgery, and I think I have a few minutes right now, when things are "quiet"
Doran is doing MUCH better after this surgery. I have no idea why. He had seven hours of surgery, and more pain after surgery (because they didn't do an epidural), but he's back home, and even went to the office the day after he got home, to take care of an emergency that his partner didn't feel comfortable handling.
He's walking, eating, sleeping, and not complaining! And he's draining his own pouches, watching TV, even talking on the phone, getting his haircut, etc. We had the distinct pleasure of hearing our son perform at a brunch on Friday morning, playing PDQ Bach's "Only Piece Ever Written for Violin and Tuba" What a hoot!
Anyway, I gotta tell you, this was not expected, and very much welcomed. Thanks for all your support. He has only three tubes left....one from the pouch, one from the reconstructed ureter, coming out the pouch, and the nephrostomy tube.
On Tuesday, he'll have the pouch tubes taken out, and we'll see how it goes. If it all goes well, if you take my meaning, he'll have the nephrostomy tube out the following Tuesday, and he'll be tube-free for the first time since November.
I finally finished up all the "busy season stuff" on Friday afternoon, and went to bed Friday night giving thanks for all the people who helped us get through the dental work, the doctor visits, colonoscopy, etc etc etc.
Going to celebrate tomorrow by sleeping in. The phone just cannot ring, right?
Stephany in Iowa