Hurray for liquids.

Good Morning everyone,
Ken and I were up before the sun today. We went walking the halls about 6:30, looking for a window to watch the sunrise. We went down to the lobby and back, then circled our floor. Ken is starting to walk a little better. He has been moving pretty slow up to now, but he did great this morning. Our goal for the day is to improve his breathing and to walk more often. He is so used to breathing shallow since his lungs were filling up, he is having difficulty breathing deeper. But we are working on it. Yesterday we were able to go outside in the courtyard and sit for a spell. It was a beautiful day. Ken sat in the sun, but I took to the shade.
The docs came in last night and told Ken they aren't in a hurry to take out his chest tubes. They want to feed him a high fat, creamy meal that will create the cyle liquid his chest used to leak. They want to see if it finds its way into his chest. The hope is that it won't. Then we will know that the operation has been a success. But there isn't any science as to when is the right time for that, so they are letting him continue to heal first. They expect to feed him the test meal in a few days. Until then, he gets only water by mouth and his big yellow bag drip for nutrition. It is amazing to me that he is just starting to talk about and miss food. He is planning meals.
Since they aren't going to feed him for a few days, it is pretty inevitable that we will be here another weekend. When they were talking about the surgery, before they did it, they told us Ken would be in the hospital thru the weekend. I guess we should have asked which weekend. We really wanted to be home by Easter, but maybe not. If any of you are in Denver, you are welcome to stop by and say hi. Ken lights up when anyone comes to visit.
We are waiting for the docs to come in this morning. I am hoping that they will have news about his cancer biopsy. I talked to oncologists nurse yesterday and she thought the report would be finished today. We are hoping that the oncologist visits us so we can find out the plan for fighting this. What is next? Where do we go and what will Ken have to go thru. What are we really dealing with and what can we expect for recovery? Nothing less that complete, but how do we get there? We have so many questions. But for now, we wait...
Ken is taking it in stride. His pain meds are helping and he is in amazingly good spirits.
Well scratch the above meal plan. The doc just came in and changed their minds. They are starting Ken on a regular liquid diet today. He gets to drink his meals, even milk. They want to see if he starts leaking. I can't believe Ken didn't ask the doc if that included Coke. He wants me to go find that liquid meal menu, so I better sign off for now. Hope you all have a great day. I don't know what Ken wants to drink today, but I'm ready for a margarita. Bring it on.