He had a really bad night Wednesday night... ended up being moved from EMU back to the CCU. He was unresponsive and needed closer monitoring than he would get in the EMU. I stayed with him, which is against the rules of the hospital, but I was NOT leaving.
As of this morning, he was doing GREAT. It seems he had some minor swelling on the brain. They gave him some meds to pull the water from his brain, steroids for the swelling, and he is only taking Tylenol for the pain. He is now back in the EMU, they are monitoring his seizures, had his catheter (folley) taken out, is eating on his own, and is a bit cranky. The first time they got him up to use the bathroom he was cranky about his tushy hanging out of the gown. He demanded his underwears. LOL
This was supposed to be the easy part of this surgery... I can't imagin what the 2nd surgery is gonna be like.
CRANKY IS GOOD ............ It means they are well enough to be upset w/ the situation. Just don't take it personally ! So glad to hear from you, I knew ,from experience, when family doesn't talk... things are bad. Give him a hug from all of us... and yourself as well.