The surgery was scheduled for Wednesday, July 14th 1pm at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tn. The day before, Tuesday July 13th, my dad had to pre-op appointment at 1:20pm at Vanderbilt. He was allowed a light meal in the morning followed by clear liquids for the remaining of the pre-op day. My parents stayed at a hotel Tuesday night in order to be close by. Wednesday morning they were at the Medical Center at 11am for check-in before his scheduled surgery. Around 12:30pm he went into robotic surgery which lasted 3 1/2 hrs. Afterwards he was in recovery for at least 2hrs.
He stayed Wednesday night in the hospital, Thursday night at a hotel, and went home Friday morning.
Now that the surgery is over and Pops is at home, he will be able to return to most of his normal activities after two weeks and for six weeks he cannot do anything that causes strain or lift anything heavier than 10lbs.
Recovery at home has been fine. He is on pain pills a lot and says he feels like a 'gutted cat fish'.
No comments:
Post a Comment