I arrived a wee bit late and missed the surgical team visit. James said they're thinking he may move out of ICU today for a couple days then to rehab for a week. We'll see what the day brings....
Respiratory therapy was here overnight and cleaned out the stoma so his breathing is nice and clear.
He has a numb sensation in his ear lobes which is a bit odd.
We have our favorite nurse, Beth, today. Yay!
Hoping the surgeon stops by today so we can ask about the pen cap sticking out of his neck. Really pretty crazy. To re-cap (ha!) the voice prosthesis would not stay in place during the surgery so they rigged a placeholder using a small piece of catheter line with a sterile pen cap as a stopper. Update that Beth said surgery would stop by to discuss pen cap and ear tingling. Excellent. Will update you after they update us.
James still didn't get much sleep last night. He's closing his eyes now. Hopefully he'll be able to cat nap on/off today in amongst the med stuff.
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So hard to sleep in the hospital! Poor guy, I wonder if he's dreaming of a big burger or something, that's what I'd be doing. Hang in there James!
Sounds like overall James is a trooper!!!! As are you. Is it odd to say your blog posts have a bit of a love story feel to them? I mean what could bring two people closer really?
Beth, can you ask Beth if she was Pat Mullaney's nurse? If you have Beth you have THE BEST NURSE IN THE WORLD! She took care of my Mother for eleven years. Like she was a princess :) It could be a different Beth of course. The Beth I know was the one we saw for all chemo treatments. My guess she is still in that dept.
I must say the nurses that work in oncology have an amazing way about them. Very special people. I hope you find that as well.
Sending light and love,
Colleen, Steve, Zoë B and Tristan
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