The Recovery Part 1

AS TOLD BY ALLYSON:

Jim asked me to record some notes from the first parts of the recovery.

Jim was pretty out of it during his time in the hospital and the first few days at home. The lack of quality sleep and the drugs along with his pain made him a bit nutty. In fact the night they moved him from the ICU to the intermediate care unit he had visions of a gorilla starring at him through a window at the foot of his bed. When he told me the next morning we realized that the gorilla was really a tree in a picture on the wall across from the bed. Since the picture was screwed to the wall I covered it with a sheet so it wouldn't haunt him anymore.

Dr Sani sent him home on Wednesday, October 7. He wanted him to rest up and try to heal a bit before the next surgery. I planned to drive through Walgreens to get his meds but decided to go right home as he looked like he was about the pass out at any minute. He basically slept on and off for the first 48 hours.

Over the past week I've seen incredible progress in Jim physically. He went from needing a walker to support and guide him to walking without aid although a bit tentative due to the visual deficit on his left side. With guidance from his Physical Therapist Carl, Jim has been doing exercises to build up strength.

This journey we are on is not only impacting Jim physically but also emotionally and spiritually as one would suspect. I'll let him blog more about that when he can, for now I will continue to stand by my handsome and strong husband. As we've reminded each other we are in this "in sickness and in health for better or worse."

God Bless,
Allyson