Quick Update

I'll take a few minutes (and a few cold draughts of diet cherry Coke) during this mowing break to give the latest lowdown on Loren.

He's still feeling somewhat punk from the surgery. Those four little "stab wounds," as the surgeon referred to them, are very slowly becoming less sore. Loren had to take some pain medication (the infamous oxycodone) but has now ditched that since it made him nauseous.

Coughing and hiccups are hazardous, but not altogether avoidable since he occasionally gets fluid in his lungs. And apparently, Loren falls into the 1% of patients taking Mexiletine that suffer from the side effect of hiccups. But they are not as bad as in May when he began that medication.

When I checked on him at 2, he had still not eaten his breakfast. But by now he's managed to get some food down, and hopefully, each day will see improvement as pertains to the recent surgery. Loren is sleeping much better than in the hospital, where touchy alarms go into beep mode if one so much as coughs, turns over or looks cross eyed. Brushing your teeth is a good way to test the alertness of the nurse.

All in all, Loren is doing OK. It has given him pause as to how he will feel "after they cut open my chest." "Don't worry, dear, they will give you lots of drugs. I'm gonna insist on it."

(this took slightly longer than expected since Trevor kept bringing lumps of play dough over so I could make him a snake. He carefully carried them back to the table where he promptly cut them to ribbons with a plastic knife)

For the kids, a slight setback: their beloved "Lone Ranger" is not on today, so I have given permission to test a new Abbot and Costello DVD. Hmmm, I may have to take a longer break than previously planned.....

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