I have lots of good news from today! Things continue to go back towards normal, as Spoons is breathing almost as well as before (hitting 4000 again on the incentive spirometer), walking almost as well as before (much more than a mile today), and today he got to have delicious, delicious pieces of ice -- the first thing he could take by mouth since the surgery.
The usual plan is this: ice chips Sunday, sips of water on Monday, clear liquids on Tuesday, and something to eat on Wednesday or Thursday. If everything keeps progressing well, he'll becoming home on Wed or Thurs.
Yesterday I mentioned that showering can really make a person feel more human, and Spoons said another thing that really felt nice this morning was sitting up, reading the Sunday newspaper, and holding a styrofoam coffee cup in hand, even if that coffee cup was full of pieces of ice. The simple act of holding a cup felt good, and he's already looking forward to getting back into other routines, like having some coffee and breakfast with that styrofoam cup and newspaper.
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