Not the best start to the day. Woke up to the traffic report telling me major traffic on the M25 and M40 - brilliant! Looked on line which said M40 traffic not likely to clear til midday - even better news!!
Downloaded route avoiding motorways as our stupid sat nav refuses to avoid motorways. Had a lovely scenic drive - actually quite beautiful - and it only took about 15 mins longer than usual. I'd like to say it was a real struggle without Michael figuring out where I was going but to be honest, Michael's sense of direction has never been up to much.
Before I arrived, Michael had already been for a walk up the corridor and had seen various medical staff, and was naturally exhausted.
So now I've got to remember what's ther latest..... One day off and so much changes. All the gunk was washed out, but they had to make the incision up his body slightly higher. He's now got a different drain in his wound which somehow suctions out rather than the free flow that he had before. Still got the drain on his tube that goes in his stomach and he's back with a catheter. Pretty frustrating as his body had just got over the last op and anaesthesic and now his back there again. His pain relief has also now changed - fentanyl patches have been removed and his gone back onto diazapan (much lower dosage than last time) and he's still got his pump, which has also got a steady flow of pain relief going through.
I stupidly thought that cause he wasn't going to be under for too long yesterday that he'd actually be a little better today. Not that he's bad but I sort of expected more. Somehow I thought that 'the surprise' on Saturday would mean things would move along quicker now - but that's just naïve:(
Michael's quite restful now although does keep waking as his tummy feels so sore - couldn't tell u where as he's now got so many tubes and plasters, couldn't possibly know where it hurts.
Justine
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