Home From Vanderbilt ..Lung resection

We got home today. Frank had surgery Tues. the 10th for lung resection. When they got in there the cancer was small and it was a met. from his colorectal cancer so they only had to take out a wedge instead of the upper lobe. The doctor said he only had to take 4% of his lung. Frank made it through surgery okay but on the first day that they got him out of bed ot sit in a chair his asked could he go to sleep ..then suddenly his heart rate dropped to 34 and respiration dropped to 8 ...the nurse came in and she tried to wake him up and got our son Brian to try and help...could not wake him up...made Brian leave the room and called CODE BLUE...Brian said there were nurses and doctors everywhere...they came and made Brian leave the floor. Thank goodness every thing worked out and Frank was fine. They ran all kind of test but do not know what caused it. The next day they tried to get him up and his heart rate raced up to 139 and had difficulty breathing...the nurse made them stop ...again the team was called and we were not allowed in his room until they finished another series of test. Again could not find out what caused it. The trip home was hard on Frank ...being in so much pain and the bumps in the road did not help any. I was amazed at the care Frank received at Vanderbilt. There was an RN for each 4 rooms...put a care partner...the doctor or another doctor from his team made rounds at least three times a day, plus his RN case manager, and his nurse practioner. The care Frank got was awsome...it is a fantastic place. After being there, I would not want to go back to our local hospital for any kind of surgery or procedure. They will be calling us this week and giving us an appt for Frank to come back for followup. T