Doctors say my hubby needs to stay at their hospital another week. I agree. He needs to get as much healing done before he comes home. The incision on his neck was opened up and that began the whole pandora's box of icky. Gastric juices began to gush out of the incision whenever he rolled on his side or coughed.

They put back the nose tube to 'suck' gastric juices from the 'stomach'. Then they put another chest tube back in to suck juices from the chest area. The J-tube which is the feeding tube that was 'installed' at the time of the surgery...this has been discontinued for feeding and a hose hooked up to it to allow gravity to drain the small intestine.

Joe's small intestine 'went to sleep'...meaning it isn't working...well, duh,he hasn't had anything to eat for almost 2 weeks.

He just keeps getting thinner and thinner.

His heart went into A-fib...with an insane heart rate of 400 beats per. He's been in A-fib at least twice.

He hasn't been getting much sleep lately either...pain and whatever.

Now, he has a new 'roommate' who is loud as well as his guests are loud, I hope they shut up and let Joe sleep

I've gone home for a couple days again. I am beat!