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[cub1650]

well its wednesday day 3 of this adventure. we finally got to move to a regular room. which did not happen until evening on day 2. Therapy came in on tuesday and took him for a short walk down the hall way. which is wonderful. He has his bandage off of his chest and it looks wonderful, puffy and a little black and blue no redness. his next goal is to cough and to bring up as much stuff as he can to clear his lungs. still no air leaks. breathing raspy that is due to surgery and the drain tubes. the first 48hrs are usually the roughest. so as the days progress things will get better.

[cub1650]

welcome to Thursday u all today was a great day my intense
coughing has calmed to a workable thing its getting better slow but
sure thanks for the prayers i really do appreciate the power of
prayer does work how about some even greater news i started with 4
tubes for air and drainage and to check for leaks and today i got 2
tubes out the 2 that came out had no leaks no issues so 2 more to
go looks like im here for the weekend not sure but im really
thankful for god friends and prayers im hoping...

[cub1650]

heres the news up date this covers thrus friday and to day

thrusday not much more walking always trying to cough and get that icck mucus out of my throat loaded pictures in my gallery to look at

Friday had some really severe pain come and visit they gave me a dalated shot and most of Friday was a blur did get my walks in so as that was wearing of i went into a no more pain pill mood so late early Friday night got a fever of 101.00 so here goes more blood for this and more golden water so this brings us to Saturday remember i havent had any thing for pain so we did our vitals for the morning alls good pain level about about a 3 but thats normal for me im feeling fine ow pain breathing feels right time for my walk i made 1/8 mile the pain i had was bad and that was with no drugs so we went back to the room to rethink what was wrong so we tried 5mg of oxic 1 hour later took my walk again made my full 1/4 plus extra so its figured out that as long as u have those tubes in you need some pain meds to cover how things are moving around Sundays adventure will be 1 more tube coming out then a xray when you get a tube pulled out you get a xray each time they show if there are any changes or bleeding over all progress has been great nothing like i have read but this is a positive thing to know .love ronnei

[cub1650]

welcome to sunday they took 1 more tube out then xray if that all goes well they will take the last one out monday ronnei

[cub1650]

welcome to monday got my last tube out this morning my lungs hurt some but over im glad there out we have 2 days left because of the hemophlia and the lungs there also running a antibiatc for all kinds of infecttion but over all wanna go home love ronnei

[cub1650]

today is tuesday took my first walk without o2 the walk was 1/4mile long had to have 4 breaks starting o2 was running at 94 down to 87 the heart went up like it should and then drop the recovery time was about 60 seconds not to bad lot faster then before ill talk with jane see if we can get better time but over all not bad im happy bet we can see improvment in these loves ronnie

[cub1650]

DISCHARGED know thats some sweet words the words of home sweet home how sweet that sounds im hooooooooom

i bet you are wondering if this worked right are you ready .....ok heres some small info for you
took a 1/4 mile walk today this walk was with no o2 took 4 breaks took less then 60 seconds to recovery number at rest 94 low was 87
this was very good for me ok want more got home my first thing i did was go up stairs we all know that takes a lot i did well all 13.5 steps no breaks not to bad im still weak but ill get what i want so theres a small preveiw of the effects
i must go its nite time ill continue this later this week love ronnei

[jarity]

Looking good!

[Ken-FL]

Thrilled for your progress and the fact you are home for Thanksgiving!

Much to be thankful for.

[peg]

What a lot you and your family have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, Ronnie.

Now that you are at home, please be sure not to overdo and wear yourself out!

Enjoy! Looking forward to seeing you back at rehab soon and hearing more details.
Just take your time and heal well!

Smiles
Peg

[claire]

A very Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Claire

[Darrell]

Ronnei I hope your Thanksgiving is truly special. You have done a great thing for yourself with the surgery but additionally you have set an example for the rest of us on how to decide what you want, set your goal, and then just get it done. Alot of folks get into the goals and decisions but come up short on the "getting it done" part. You've inspired us with your courage and determination to push ahead full speed with complete confidence in your doctors, your friends and your faith. May your holiday be blessed although it seems it may already have been blessed.
Darrell