It is just past 2 a.m. I am sitting in the hospital listening to Steve snore. A bit over 20 years listening to it every night. But right now to me it is just the best sound in the world.
Wednesday morning was his nephrectomy. To remove the kidney, open heart surgery, and then I can’t remember the name of the tube from the kidney to the heart but that was filled with tumor as well! There was so much that could go wrong in this 10 hour surgery.
But here we are and I am listening to the most amazing sound in the world.
When they wheeled him away I did not know if I would ever get to hear it again. My heart is so happy right now. He was told 7-10 days to recover in the hospital. He looked at me a couple weeks ago and told me it would only take 7 days as he is tough. Well he was right!
Out of surgery on early Wednesday evening, up to cardiac icu and by 7 that evening the breathing tubes were removed. Then Thursday morning he got sent to the cardiac surgery ward and we were told he would spend 4 days there. Thursday he just rested, and then Friday he decided I better get my crap together if I want to make it out at my 7 day mark.
He got up started walking around, most of his main lines came out, two in his neck and then three on his arms came off, could not stop him from moving. His nurse came to us Friday after lunch and said physio is here to work with you, physio was buffaloed by how well he was doing, blood pressure and everything was way ahead of track, so he was released from the cardiac ward and sent down to urology ward to complete his stay.
Some people talk about going to Mexico or Jamaica or Cuba, cause apparently they are the best places to be. Well in my eyes after the horrible New Years we have had the best place to be is right here listening to snoring!!
All the “what ifs” we were told could happen during or after the nephrectomy are gone. None of them happened.
My words to anyone dwelling on all the negative things that can happen during the surgery, only focus on the positive. The positive really outweighs the negative. I know he still has a long road ahead of him, but this is a fantastic start.
My prayers are going out to all of you dealing with this!! Stay strong!! And here’s hoping for another 20 years of snoring.
We hope for that too. Thank you Trela and Steve!
