Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The journey...

The week began by waiting.....and waiting.....and waiting.....even the pigeons were getting into the act.  Then four and a half hours later, three bypasses were accomplished and a night was spent in Intensive Care.  The next morning, out he went to 6th floor...no ventilator, no tubes....just some oxygen, a long stapled scar running up his left leg and a nice neat one running down the middle of his chest.  Here he is below, with a happy family beside him in his room.  Talk about being a good patient.  He's even been doing his coughing and leg exercises!  Now for the diet.....:-(


24 hours after open-heart surgery, he ate soup, yogurt, tea, and milk.  He's even better today!  Perhaps the weekend will have him back home and recovering nicely here.  He's using his sarcasm with the nurses well, so he must be on the mend!  Was up and walking to the bathroom today too.  God has been good to us all.  Thanks for your thoughts and prayers on our behalf.  We had been praying that there would be enough good flesh to attach to those arteries and God saw fit that it be done.  Yes.  HE IS A GREAT GOD!!!

4 comments:

Linea said...

That post-op shot of Ken is worth a thousand words. So glad he is doing well.

Dixie said...

Wow. So good to hear! I love the sarcasm bit, too. :) Praying everything continues to go so well.

Corinne said...

So glad to hear that Ken is doing so well. Thanks for sharing the pictures, he looks amazing for having open heart surgery. We have a wonderful God!

Sharon Kent said...

And what would we have done without great folks like all of you!! God likes it when we talk to him about our needs...he hears us! Yes, I publically acknowledge that God is a God of miracles!

Now, we're off again to see how much he has improved since yesterday....it was good to sleep in my own bed at last!!!