A lovely surprise! Roger rang me about 30mins. ago, and he sounded so well. It was so good to hear his voice. This is what he told me: The operation took 3 hrs. and there were three surgeons attending. They were pleased to find that there was not as much damaged bowel as they thought they would encounter, and it was all straight forward and went well.
Back on the ward, yesterday, he was in a bit of pain for a while when his epidural line became dislodged, but he said it was soon remedied, and the nursing staff were and are very attentive.
The Physios are keeping him on the move. Today the surgical team came to review him (wardrounds everyday at St. Mark's even at weekends) and were pleased with his progress thus far. They told him he could eat and drink a little of what he fancied.
Tomorrow he will have his epidural line removed (don't know why, but they never keep them in very long) so he might slip back slightly for a short while, but is prepared for it.
It is not snowing there at the moment, but I wouldn't mind betting he'll wake up to snow in the morning. He promises to ring again tomorrow, and Monday onwards I will be staying over at Harrow.
All in all just what we wanted to hear.
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Great news Zan, all thinking of you both, speak to you soon, love the Easty gang.
ReplyDeleteWonderful stuff eh? I'm so glad it seems to be going good for a change. You two look after yourselves and send Roger my love
ReplyDeleteSheila xx