Archive for September, 2008

back home and feeling better

Friday, September 12th, 2008

I thought I’d throw up a quick update before I head to South Bend for the game. It’s been quite a last 2 weeks for me. The actual surgery went well, however, my lungs had trouble “waking up” from the anesthesia. It put me in the surgical intensive care unit for 9 days. So you can imagine I was pretty frustrated and pretty scared. I really struggled with breathing at times and we really had to work to keep my O2 levels from getting to low. It took a long time to get over. I got home on Sunday and was starting to feel better when I developed some pretty serious pain in my left shoulder (there is a lesion in the bone). It was a very rough time as it was the most pain I’ve been in quite some time. We had to once again redo some pain meds and after a long couple of days, got it under control. The leg is actually coming along pretty well. I’m still a bit gimpy but it’s on the mend. My lungs are still recuperating. I am doing much better than I was though, hopefully I can get off of O2 24/7. Well, I’d write more but we’re on the go. I’ll post again soon.

Thank you so much for the prayers, cards, and well-wishes!!