Drumbo posted this past weekend....
I’m mending, but still pretty weak, but my condition is better than any of the alternatives. It’s good to be out of the hospital (even though the pain meds aren’t as good, lol). After a four day epidural with a Dilaudid IV push every 3 hours and two Percodan every 4 hours for 9 days, the hydrocodone pills they sent me home with just barely make a dent, but I’ll be glad to be off all of it soon. At least no one’s waking me up every three hours to give me a sleeping pill and no more Heparin shots in my stomach twice a day! I went stir crazy in the hospital, but, I’m blessed that the VA saved my life yet again. I had a lot of complications including a pretty serious Postoperative Paralytic ileus that required a Nasogastric tube, but in the end, all the news is good. I was back in Lexington on Wednesday for a “leak test” (Cysto-floro-xray with radioactive dye) and it looks like all my seals are holding.
I’m butchered up like a Christmas hog, but, all the pathology has been good. They think they got all the cancer and the margins of good tissue were clear as well as my lymph nodes so I’m happy, happy, happy. Once again the Lord has tapped me on the shoulder and whispered He’s not done with me yet.
Oh, joy! Thank you for letting me know! You are such a sweetie!