What Robin Said........by Deb

Yes, what Robin said & more in regard to my hubby,
What was to be the best possible procedure to remove a prostate, in one day out the next, quick and near painless recovery has turned into 4 days & counting. Friday will be day 5 and I am doubtful he will come home till the weekend at best. The actual surgery supposedly went off with out a hitch & as far as the insecions etc he's not in any pain at all.
As Robin mentioned, the oxygen saturation was his first problem coupled with the hospital not having reserved a room for a scheduled surgery patient we found ourselves in IUC, there he laid & I sat. Yesterday evening we were finally placed on the urology floor, but not before his lack of necessary activity caused him to develope penumonia..that was addressed with increased antibiotics, oxygen, breathing treatments..so we felt things would get better quickly now. But upon arrival (after yet another 2 hour drive) this morning his abdomen was swollen, his internal plumbing isn't working. A KUB X-ray was done this afternoon {results from Dr should be ready in the morning}~hope to catch him! Also hubby now has a tube passed via his nose to the stomach to suction the fluids causing the swelling. Maybe after a night of that, hopeful for a good KUB result he can come home sooner than we think...it's a wait & see world of unknowns for us at this time, don't know what might go wrong next or when he can be discharged??? But as far as we know from all he's had done & his pathology report he is cancer free & we will work through the rest one step/day at a time, find the laughter again & might even talk more about his prostate than my liver for a good long while now.
Be~Positive, Deb