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A freshly showered and shaved Eric moving on to tastier liquids.....sorry, I can't get the photos to post here....look in the photo album and click to enlarge (the smile is especially for you Sue!)[...]
Ahhhhhh...hot shower and a shave! Eric feeling great after showering. Today working on advancing the oral intake, getting meds and tube feeding dialed and, of course, more walking. [...]
Eric had all the tubes removed today. Passed his swallow test and was able to walk for a hour and a half. He's able to take small amounts of liquid by mouth and the rest is still suplemented by jtube. He's recovering better than expected and his outlook is good.[...]
and I said it was a good day...
well, a quiet day pretty much and any day where there's no issues is a good day... just one more day to check off as closer to recovery[...]
Eric got bored today so he thought it would be fun to go for a field trip to the beauty shop... (click here for photo)[...]
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Day 3. Eric was moved to a really nice stepdown unit with a cool view of the mountains. He's doing really better than expected for the surgery he's had. He walks around the unit 3 or 4 times at least twice a day. He's recovering quickly. He started to recieve a small amount of food thtough his J tube to get his gut going again. The barrium swallow is monday and that will tell if he's able to take small amounts of food by mouth. He's in good sprits and more determined to recover as fast as he can.......tom[...]
Good news... Eric was transferred from ICU to "step-down" unit today, more like a regular (quieter) room. Altogether in goood spritis and doing well.[...]
Hello all, The surgery began at about 8:45 this morning and ended at 2:30. The surgery went well. We still need to wait on the results of the pathology on the cancer. This should take a few days and we'll have better information on the seriousness of the cancer. The surgeon said that the esophagus was one of the worst he's seen and not surprised that Eric was having so much trouble eating and drinking. He looks as good as you could hope for a boy who has had major surgery. Smiles and jokes a little. He is in no pain. He is still sedated. I expect him to say groggy all night in ICU. Tomorrow he'll probably move to a step down unit for the remainder of his 2 week stay. I'm going to stop in, drop off his pack and watch him sleep for about a 1/2 hour or so. I don't expect he'll be especially chatty. I"ll post tomorrow with a up date and news. .....tom[...]
