Things are a bit more low-key here at the hospital on Saturday. Instead of Soul Patch and Goatee coming by around 6 am, the doctor taking care of Spoons over the weekend is a James-Earl-Jones-looking dude named Dr. Moses, and he came by around 8 am. Spoons has already walked 5 of his ten laps for the day, so he looks on target for 10 or more!
We are also both sleeping better. He said that he slept for many hours in a row much more deeply than he has since the surgery, and that he feels much more awake today as a result. I slept really well last night, too, at home, and though I woke up with a start at 5:30, I managed to get back to sleep for a while, and I had a nice breakfast at home with Ben and Janine before we came to the hospital.
Since they really moved around his whole digestive system during the surgery, he hasn't had anything to eat or drink yet. All his nutrition has been through the IV so far. They've been listening to his gut with a stethoscope and today gave him a little something to get the digestive party started. If that goes well, then tomorrow he can start having delicious ICE CHIPS and then later more liquids before moving on to solid food.
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