Today was a rough day for Dad. He is getting very little sleep and the deprivation is starting to take its toll. There are so many alarms and people and monitors that it makes it impossible to get some peace. After a heart transplant he obviously needs to have the 24 hour non-stop care that icu offers, but it sure would be nice if he could rest. We hope and pray that tomorrow might bring a private room on the transplant floor.
The good news of the day is that he had is intra aortic pump removed. He is doing very well without it. They also started him on some new steroids and that threw his blood sugar off again. They are working now to get that under control. Tomorrow will bring the removal of his drain tubes.
Some bumps in the road are to be expected during this experience. Dad still looks good and seems to be making good progress. We are tackeling one issue at a time and taking advantage of every moment we get to be with Dad to help him through this.
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