I haven't been in to the hospital yet. My "shift" starts at 2:00 today. :) Here is the am phone report though.
Scott is having a GREAT day, so far! He slept really well and it seems like he slept off some of his lingering anesthetic last night, because today he woke up really alert.
He is not confused like he was last night. He has had a lot of visitors and enjoyed seeing each of them.
We are still on schedule for what we hope will be the last surgery tomorrow morning. This will be another difficult day for Scott. This surgery will be completing the amputation and starting the process of closing his wound. Currently Scott's leg is amputated at about the top of his knee cap. When the surgeon is finished it will be amputated mid thigh. This surgery will be much longer than the 2nd and 3rd surgeries he has had. It will be similar to the very first surgery he had where they initially amputated the lower part of the leg....long and complex. The difference is though that Scott is much healthier going into this surgery. Please pray tonight for Scott and that his surgery can go well tomorrow.
We are also hopeful that after this surgery (maybe Thursday or Friday?) Scott could be transferred from the ICU to a "regular" floor. This is good and bad...if he moves it means he is well enough to do it, the visiting policy is more lenient, and someone could stay in his room during the night if they wanted to/he wanted them to. The only negative part of it is, in the ICU the nurses generally have 1 or 2 patients. On the "regular" floor the nurses have 5-6 patients. We kind of like the one- on- one attention! Scott has received wonderful care and I am sure this will continue.
It was fun to get the mail today and see the cards for Scott. I can't wait to take them to the hospital and open and read them to him. Thank you! Keep them coming!
Look for another update tonight.
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