John is finally settling into the ICU. There is a pattern to his days that he is becoming accustomed to.
The morning starts off with breakfast and the entourage of doctors paying a visit. They don’t have much new news at this point. We are all just waiting. Each day they offer John more encouragement to just hang in there. They tell him it’s very important that he keeps his strength up by eating and doing the physical therapy exercises he was shown last week. Today the doctors told us that the patients who keep these two things up typically recover a lot faster after surgery.
After I get to the hospital I help John brush his teeth and wash up. The nurse comes in to change his sheets. By that time it’s about time for lunch.
Since John has gotten some good medicine now to help with his back pain he sleeps on and off throughout the day. Different doctors will pop in here and there to check on him.
After dinner I usually leave around seven, and then we just start all over the next day. No news is good news around here.
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