A BRAND NEW MANLY CHEST!!!!
Finally, yesterday was the big day. We arrived at the hospital around 8 am.
Xander endured the dreaded IV.
The doctor came in and drew all kinds of purple marks on his chest.
Surgery didn't begin until almost 11 am. They called me on my cell phone while we were waiting in the surgical waiting room. The nurse reported that it was at the half-way point and all was going well. Immediately after the procedure, the doctor came out and spoke to us. We were nervous but there were no complications, and I was very thankful for that. The surgery took about 2 hours to complete and then another hour in recovery.
We were allowed to see him in the secondary recovery room, where we were given discharge instructions. They wheeled him downstairs and we loaded him into the car to go home.
Sleeping in the recliner.
Feeling better and already wants to have visitors. Ha!
They have him taking an antibiotic twice a day, oxycodone for the pain when necessary and a stool softener ( all these drugs will back you up big time!) He's also taking his multi-vitamin, his D supplement and will start 0.50 ml of testosterone on Monday. The binder stays on until Monday so only sponge baths until then.
Also on Monday, he gets the drains out. Yay! Those things are super nasty. So on Monday, the doc will take off the binder and all of the bandages underneath, take out the drains and we will get to see the new chest for the first time. Exciting! I'll post again soon.
Xander's re-play of the day
The Prodigy ~ Breathe
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