Update on Steve's Shoulder

Steve is (counting on my fingers) four days post-op and is doing pretty well, due in large part to the fact that he is NOT out there trying to overdo it for once!

An outpatient, he was ready to go home as soon as he was awake enough to realize the surgery was over. He woke up HUNGRY and scarfed down about a half dozen little packets of crackers and a big ol' Dr. Pepper before he was released, and then a #2 cheeseburger, tater tots and half-Coke-half-Dr.-Pepper from Sonic on the way home, hardly any of which he remembered the next day, Versed.

The first day his arm was "asleep" most of the day because of the anesthesia they used, but he had a pretty rough night as the block began to wear off. Neither of us got much sleep Thursday night, which put me in mind of the days when I had new infants, of reminding myself to sleep when they slept, which I never seemed to remember when they were sleeping. After that first twenty four hours, though, he really did start feeling better, for which both of us are supremely grateful. I am very pleased with his progress. Se see the doc again next Monday.

A pretty girl sent us home with a satchel containing pressure wraps for his legs and one for his shoulder, along with a rechargeable pump that puffs the wraps up while he's wearing them.. The shoulder wrap has freezy stuff in it, so we put it in the freezer for an hour or so, and then put it on him to work its magic until the freezy stuff thaws out or until he's ready to get up. He's been up and about too much to get much use out of the leg wraps, but he's gotten a LOT of relief from the shoulder wrap.Someone was having a good day when they thought up freezy shoulder pressure wraps, I can tell you that.

This morning we took a leisurely walk the length of the field and back, had a bite of lunch, and now Steve is napping in front of the TV while I plink around on the computer with music in my ears thanks to earbuds and the James Taylor channel on AOL Radio.