Coming Home Soon

It has been a difficult few days to get his digestion working again. They finally had to put an IV "pick-line" in his arm and feed him nutrients that way for 2 days. Friday they started on liquids again and he did well on them. Over night they weaned him off the nutrients and yesterday he had solid food and did well. He still has a hole at the bottom of his incision from when he had an infection. Now to get it to heal, they are doing some minor work on it today - they said it needs to wake up again and realize it needs to grow together. Our bodies are amazing! His heart is now between 100 - 140 with very high doses of meds. Cardiology was supposed to see him yesterday and no one came - surprise! Everyone just wants to know what meds he is to take at home. The path report was about what we expected given the surgeons report after surgery. When removing the tumor, they went far enough to get to clean and cancer free tissue. About 1/2 the lymph nodes removed had cancer cells. He will be ungoing chemotherapy at some point. The timeline for everything is a bit fuzzy right now given his heart rate and the need for ablation to correct that. They said he might get home today, but his surgeon on Friday noted in his chart that he would be released probably Monday. They may want to watch the wound for 24 hours to make sure it is OK.