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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Taking my recovery in strides ...literally

Rolling onto bigger and better things (or hospital wards)
I guess you could say I make OHS look easy.

Just 24 hours out from under the knife they were signing my release papers from the ICU, moving me to the regular surgical ward and encouraging me to Rise Up and Walk!

You have got to be kidding me. Twenty four hours after open heart surgery.

That was a tad mystifying to me as all I wanted to do was continue my drug-induced repose, but surely I will start utilizing these newfound suggestions to walk ... at midnight when my parents are trying to sleep.

Accompanied by my entourage as I leave the ICU behind.

In an effort to facilitate my swift exit from the ICU the doctors embarked upon a morphine induced removal of all my tubes and wires, something I was already trying to do since apparently RIGHT AFTER THE OPERATION. Being a child who doesn't need to sleep, ever, one surgeon reported that I woke up while still in the operating room and embarked upon a furious raid against those protrusions! I was immediately re-sedated and brought to ICU where I did a repeat performance just an hour later.

I am a warrior.

This time the doctors decided to do the removal themselves. I tried to help them by yanking quicker and faster, but they all agreed that was counterproductive. So with a little burst of morphine and some sort of relaxant I went limp and I stopped helping them. It took 15 minutes to unthread the wires coming from my heart, my neck, my sternum, my side and more. And with that I was ready for evacuation.

More than twice this amount of tubing
and wires was in my body.

Today was really a day of progress. A day to show the world the superpowers that we babies possess even as children. Our ability to bounce back astonishes the normal adult brain. There is even talk of releasing me tomorrow in order to set a world record! (Unverified) But most likely I will remain here for the weekend.

And then maybe I'll go run a marathon. That seems like the next logical step.

These guys miss me. And I likewise.




19 comments:

  1. The Lord has done great things! Love you Daniel ❤️

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  2. Brilliant, Daniel. Well done, Nicole. Described with such humour. Masking your fears and horrors. But this is amazing..... so quick. Enjoy party night.

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  3. Daniel is my warrior. God bless you and your family

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  4. Amazing.. Daniel you are! And your wonderful parents and the rest of the entourage.. :)
    I am so grateful to the Lord how He carried you all through this.
    Love you.

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  5. Well done everyone praise God for watching over this family x

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  6. so happy to see the results. God is soooo good

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  7. Baruch Hashem. sending love and more prayers xxx

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