Grandpa UP and AROUND

Grandpa is doing great today! He is up and walking, eating regular food, sitting in a chair...you could say he's a whole new person!

His "heart" hug pillow.

He has all the people who visit or help him sign it.

Grandpa taking his lap!

A message for everyone.

Update

According to Joe, Grandpa is awake and in no pain. He was quite shocked at how late it was when he woke up. I was told by the doctor to go home and get some sleep...(what, I really look that bad?)  I spoke to his nurse, she said that they are waiting for the respiratory therapist to pull out his breathing tube later this evening. He is in good spirits, but tired.

Grandpa's Surgery

Grandpa's surgery went well.  It took 5 graphs, but all is good.

Here's What's Going On

Grandpa's surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning bright and early. They postponed it because they thought he had pneumonia in his lung. They thought this because the x-ray they did for pre-op showed something on his lung, he had a low grade temp and his white blood count was up. So, rather than operate on an already sick man who was sicker, they opted to wait until they could clear the pneumonia. In the meantime, they did a CT scan to double check his lungs. All of this was done in Crestview Sunday evening, but was not sent down to Ft. Walton with him. So, they didn't know he already had the tests and did not have pneumonia. (Wasted tests and time, but better to be safe than sorry.) Well, anyway, the test showed that instead of pneumonia, it was some old scar tissue. Also, it showed some individual little nodules throughout the lung. They said that this could possible be some exposure to asbestos years ago, or TB exposure somewhere. They are not too concerned about them and will recheck them in 6 months. First and foremost, do the surgery to get Grandpa better. So, he will go into surgery at 6 am our time for a 4 - 6 hour surgery. That includes, putting him to sleep, intubating, cutting, sewing, recovery... By around lunch time he should be out. Maybe home by Friday, or Saturday depending on how fast he recovers.  They said he will feel sooooo much better when this is done, like a new man.

None of this better show up on Facebook. Grandpa, Chuck,  Joe and I want NONE of his information on there. We have been getting calls from cousins, aunts, uncles, all sorts of people who have found out due to Facebook. These are only need to know details...those who need to know, KNOW! If there is something anyone needs to know, we will call them or contact them ourselves.

So, I will let everyone know how things go tomorrow VIA the blog.