Dad had his surgery on Tuesday, on Saturday he was ready to come home. Dad came home on Saturday afternoon. Amber and I showed up at the hospital at 9:30 a.m. to pick dad up, we got him home between two and three o'clock. Dad had to get an ultrasound of his heart, the doctor had to review it once he gave the approval, dad was good to go! We met with the surgeon for a while to go over dad's discharge information. The doctor said that dad was doing wonderfully and that he was "the new poster boy" for heart surgery. There are quite a few short term limitations on dad. (He can't lift more than a gallon of milk, he is only allowed to go up/down stairs two times in a day, walk short distances - working up to one mile in 4 weeks, etc.). The limitations will be lifted in about 4 weeks or after we meet with the surgeon and cardiologist for dad's follow up appointments. Dad will follow up with the surgeon on July 3rd and his cardiologist on July 7th.
Dad is doing well. He is happy to be back at home again. His biggest complaint is that he is having a hard time sleeping, other than that he doesn't have too many complaints. His pain is under control and not too bothersome (he hasn't had any pain meds since 11:00 a.m. on Saturday).
Please continue to keep dad in your prayers!! Thank you!
We have started this blog to document the daily progress for Clarence McEldowney's recovery from cardiac arrest and anoxic brain injury.
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