Sitting in the ICU

 Here we are.

I am in the ICU, I have a single room that overlooks the city and it's going great.

I don't think I could be recovering better than I have been. The nurses have been commenting how strong my body is (that is not a common description for me) and how well I've been doing. I think they are used to more 80 years old come through here and less 42 year olds who have an physically active job. Regardless, every day, they remove more and more things from me. I am "ward-ready" as they say, so they are just waiting for a bed to open up for me there. It may not happen until tomorrow. Funny enough, it's not impossible for me to skip the ward entirely and leave as early as tomorrow.

There have not really been any curveballs thrown my way in recovery. I am able to walk around without help for short distances. The pain in my chest feels minimal. I haven't been in extreme pain that much.

I have to give a lot of credit to Adriane, who has been at my bedside throughout the days here. She is sharp and paying attention to all the details that nurses have been talking about as well as helping me sort out what the best course of action is and noticing what has worked for me and such. She's been an excellent advocate.

Sleep is probably the number one challenge, but I knew it would be for me. I sleep on my stomach normally, but now I have to sleep up my back. I have may be gotten a handful of hours of sleep each day. But I'm handling it as best as I can.

I know in my last post, there was a lot of darkness in there and that may be something that creeps back later, but right now, recovery is the distraction for me. And hopefully, once I'm recovered physically, I'll be better able to sort through that mental challenge.

Things I need at this point are for people to come visit and for people to sign up for meal drop offs. Food for Dave Post Surgery Signup Sheet - Google Sheets

I'll update again when there's another major beat to cover, but that's it for now.