John Looking Better & Better

John is looking and feeling better. The incision site has stopped draining and the site is closing up and healing , looks like infection is gone! The ankle swelling is gone also. I believe it was from tube feedings ( not sure why but…)
I slowed down the tube feeding Thursday night and stopped the tube feeding Friday morning. The home health nurse came to house on Friday and the swelling was resolving and the nurse did not seem concerned. All of John’s vital signs were good. I guess because he is now eating and drinking the tube feedings might have been too much fluid. I suggested that he have just one can (8ozs) per day just to get a few more calories in but he does not think he needs it. John has an appointment with the surgeon on Wednesday so we will see how his weight is compared with pre-surgery. He went back to gym again and is just walking (slow) on treadmill, & a chance to catch up with his buddies at the gym ( to me that is probably the best part for him). As for myself I took your advice and went out after work yesterday with a friend we went to happy hour $3.00 a glass Sangria and $3.00 tapas. It is a very nice Tapas restaurant that can be very expensive but the happy hour menus is VERY reasonable. I spent a couple hours with my friend and really enjoyed myself. I am still very tired (I need to catch up on sleep) but I do feel better today. WOW this has been a journey definitely a marathon (not a sprint). I am hopping we are on the down hill part of the journey at least for a couple days. Wednesday we find out the path report & next steps but for now it is a good day in Tampa Bay. O and the humidity went away and we have perfect weather. This morning it was 70 degrees and low humidity. This is when you want to be in Florida High’s n the mid 80’s lows in the mid 60’s. Now that I have done my job for the Clearwater/St Pete Beach tourism board I will sign off.
Thanks again for all of the support
Love you all
Erica
Wife of John
T3,N1,M0
MIE surgery 9-9-11