April 3, 2012
Author's Note: This post has been done for a couple days but sitting in my "drafts" waiting to be published. Don't ask why, I have no idea.
It's been almost a week since my last post. It seems the better I get the less I post on my blog. I start doing more things around the house and time gets away from me. And this made me spend a little time thinking. Once I'm "better" and there's no real recovery news, what do I post? Well, I've got a few things bouncing around in my brain that might make it into a blog post. Either that or they will damage the inside of my head. Hehe.
Anyway, on to the recovery news, pictures, and more pictures.
As for recovery news, I had a real good visit with my heart surgeon last Thursday, March 29. Dr. Sowden checked out my stiches, heart, and lungs. We had a little chat about how I was feeling. He said I made him look good with how well the surgery went and how well I am doing in recovery. I think he probably says that to all his patients.
We also had a chance to get some answers to a couple questions, like how long do I need to wait before getting back in the waterbed. He said I should be fine in the waterbed so I'm giving that a shot later this week.
Rehab has been going very good as well. I'm starting to feel like I want to push myself a little more though. According to the techs my numbers are good but on the days when I work up a little sweat I think I feel better than on the days when I just sort of maintain. So today I'm going to try and push up a level on most of the equipment. Just one level, nothing crazy.
I took some more pictures of the new Parkview Regional hospital last week. The top picture shows the Heart Institute on the left, Medical Park 11 in the middle, and the main hospital on the right.
The middle picture is the same buildings but from the other side,
Medical Park 11 on the left, Heart Institute in the middle, and main
hospital on the right.
The
bottom picture shows how far down the complex goes. All those buildings
to the right of the main hospital are connected to each other.
Everything
is connected with large hallways and you almost can't tell they are
separate buildings. I'm not even sure they really are except they look
like it externally.
Hey, how about some pictures of all the food I've been eating. Note: This is not all from one day. Haha!
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| Pasta is always good |
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| What, still only 2 pieces? Wah! LOL |
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| Asian pot stickers. These were good! |
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| Chicken & noodles, Mashed Potatoes, and Carrots. Nomnom |
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| Mesquite Chicken with Mashed Red Potatoes |
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| Gelato (Italian Ice Cream) at Parkview. Oh my, that was good. |
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| Woot! Taco Bell. My first since sometime in January. |
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| Lemon Herb Chicken. It says so right there in the picture :) |
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| Dinner at Parkview on State. Soup, Beef & Mac, and Veggies. |
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| Oatmeal and a bagel |
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| Subway Black Forest Ham sub |
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| Chicken and Broccoli stir fry made by Kristin. I helped a little |
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| Asian Chicken with Veggies. Another good microwave entree. |
Glad to hear that recovery and rehab is going well. Wanting to "push it up a notch" sounds like good progress. I hope that you will continue to write on the blog even after you feel there is no recovery news. Everyday news of yourself and the family is still interesting. When will you be able to go back to work full time?
ReplyDeleteMy cardiologist gave me a full work date of May 7th which my heart surgeon agreed with. So I've got about one more month of part time work from home.
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