Update

Ralph had a really good day yesterday. The cardiologist changed some meds and his heart was slowing down a bit and he was allowed to walk in his room. The cardiologist is hoping that by today his heart rate will be better controlled and he will be allowed to walk the hallways which is what the surgeon wants. He was awake most the day and up and down frequently. His digestive system is beginning to rumble, at times very loud! Yesterday after a rough few hours with nausea in the morning, he was fine and had no anti nausea meds all day. Only problem was a small amount of bleeding at the bottom of the incision and that was from so much movement and stopped very quickly. He is also receiving anti-clotting shots every 8 hours which can add to bleeding problems. Yesterday I said that they found nothing unexpected in surgery. More specifically that meant that they were able to section the colon back to good tissue, removed the lymph nodes from that area and found some of them to be firm which means they very likely have cancer cells in them and all other organs looked and felt normal including his liver. Tests will not be back until sometime this week. The cardiologist feels that they need to do his heart ablation sooner than later and they will work with the onocologist to make that happen - wow, doctors can work together! Besides having terrible "people skills", his GI doctor didn't seem to want to work with any other doctors, so we will not be using him again!