It's 5PM. The sun is setting. The anesthesiologist just dropped by to see how John is recovering. He reported that John woke up several times during the surgery. The spinal anesthetic cut out all the pain; however, the "la la land" sedative didn't keep him completely asleep. One time John awoke to tell his operating room audience about his "intense intellectual curiosity about what was happening." another time he declared "I feel the pounding on my side." The doc quickly upped the medication and sent him off to "la la land" again each time. We all laughed. John's research got the best of him.
This morning it was painful to stand the first time and he took some morphine; but in the afternoon he was scooting around the room and out the door into the hall using a walker. No morphine needed. But the other three pain killers are on regular doses. He's excited about walking the whole hall and trying stairs tomorrow. After the morning walk, he spent the rest of the day in his chair doing cross word puzzles and reading his beloved New York Times. He also talked with the insurance company and had a great talk with our friend Ginny who had her hip surgery several years ago. Much comparing went on! Don't get too excited about his progress though, he snored his way through most of the afternoon sitting in his chair in a well reclined position. Before I leave tonight we do leg exercises.
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