Monday, March 19, 2012

RECOVERY - Day 6, What a Difference a Day Makes!

Two tubes out today.  Peter feels so much better.  I came in a little later this morning, and he walked 10 laps...the most for any one walk.  That is more than half a mile.  It is almost 4 and he'll walk again soon, and then again in the evening.

Clothes!  With the tubes out they said Peter could put on pj pants, so I scooted over to the Med School book store and bought him some scrub pants and a pair of lightweight sweats.  The manager got really into helping me when he found out my cause, and picked out an on-sale Duke Surgery shirt for only $8.

Just finished giving Peter a sponge (wash-cloth, really) bath and he put on the real clothes.  He looks like himself again, and even let me take his picture to show you.

Yesterday (or Saturday...I forget) I commented that just when things seem bleak, the turn-around is not far ahead.  Still some distance to cover, but today is definitely brighter.


12 comments:

  1. Sue & Peter

    Think about it as the fog lifts the sun shines through... I am chasing a skink in my office. I have no idea how he got in but he needs to leave. I have lost him behind a bookcase which I can't move. Yes, the sun is shining. Marie

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  2. Thanks for the update and the picture. Peter looks good, thin but good...and the thin I expected. I believe that when he can eat, he can put some weight back on. I wish I was there to help and give support in any and every way, but I can't leave right now, and I know you understand. Just know that you and Peter are in my constant thoughts and prayers.

    Love,
    Sharon

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  3. Terrific news, very nice pic (he does look like himself, & great newspaper article Susan.

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  4. you are cute as a button...i am going to send you Mayberry Monoploy so you can play with the nurses(the game) get better soon i miss you!!

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  5. Peter you look GREAT! Shame the clothes weren't all black tho' ;)

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  6. love love love seeing the photo of my handsome cousin! (boy, our family is a good-looking bunch, if I do say so myself) Susan, thanks for taking such good care of him, and take care of yourself, too!
    sending love,
    Nadine

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  7. Dear Peter and Susan--I've been following your journey from these Maine shores, sending you heart-prayers and all best wishes for continued strength and healing. The photo is a great gift. Wonderful article in the paper, Susan. Welcome to spring! Love, Penelope

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  8. I can't stop smiling! So happy to see this picture and hear that you are feeling better. Looking forward to your being home and we can come see you and Susan. xo Ebeth

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  9. Peter,

    you look terrific and fully capable of making a move to your right or left. I'm not sure you can dunk yet, though. You'll have to eat some more.

    Keep it going!

    --Neil

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  10. YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! I LOVE YOU!!!!

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  11. Peter, you're looking super! It's good to see your face.
    Vanessa

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  12. I absolutely think you should take the opportunity to grow a beard. It makes you look wise and mature - a man of letters. It enhances your cred as as a pundit, because someone that hoary must have relevant experience. Incidentally, who shaves you? I worked in the hospital for years - my office was just inside the ambulance entrance of the ER. It is a space ship going to Mars - totally self-contained like the craft in 2001 A Space Odyssey. The staff exists only there. Even when they leave, they don't leave the patients.
    The patients yearn to leave, and the staff waves to them like those in the Lost Colony waved to the occupants of the ships returning to England. Long-timers like you learn that it is a solid fellowship.

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