Tuesday Update

Well, the day started out with a phone call from the hospital bright and early at 6:15am. It was RJ calling to say that he was awake and up, wanting to say hi to the kids and asking when I was going to show up. He sounded tired, kinda had the raspy voice thing going, but that was cause of the rawness still in his throat.

I got there around after taking the kids to school, and he was sitting in the chair in his room with tubes and wires running everywhere, waiting for breakfast. Drugs are good things, as well as being able to sit upright and take a full breath.

The doctors came through at different times, and both said how well he did through everything. All tests, numbers, blood pressure, etc. have been great before, during, and after the surgery. We only saw the cardiologist, the surgeon, and the cocktail mixer once during the day, which was a good thing. They needed the time with the guy next door.

We spent the day switching between chair and bed, answering phone calls and questions from the parade of nurses, and blowing in a plastic tube thing. Mom, Cheryl Norris, and Kevin all were visitors of the day. RJ says thanks to everyone for the thoughts, prayers, calls and visits, it is greatly appreciated.

Tomorrow's event schedule includes a walking trip down the hall - woohoo!