Saturday, April 9, 2011

All Systems Are Go

Well, the ole kidney kicked into gear and everything is perkin as it should.  I brought Ron home from the hospital this afternoon and he's resting comfortably in the recliner with a baseball game playing on the radio. 

Wow, modern medicine truly is a marvel when everything goes as planned.  I remember when a surgery like this would have kept a patient in the hospital a week.  With the pain bag that Ron is wearing a steady application of anesthetic is going directly to the incision keeping it numb.  He has felt absolutely no pain what so ever.  It will probably run out of medicine tomorrow and he could start having some discomfort but he didn't the last time so maybe he won't this time either.  I asked the RN about this wonder gadget and she told me that very few doctors use them.  That doesn't make sense.  I can't imagine not using something that works so well.

6 comments:

betty said...

Good news! I'm glad everything is going well.

kenju said...

Very good news. I hope the pain bag keeps on working.

marciamayo said...

Home in a recliner listening to a ball game. Sounds like heaven for a man.

Olga said...

Good news. Never heard of a pain bag before and what a good idea.

Arkansas Patti said...

Yea for the kidney jump starting. Pain bag is new to me and sounds marvelous. Keep mending fellow and I hope your team won.

Anonymous said...

Pain bag, comfort of a favorite chair, baseball game and most of all, the love of a good woman ... Ron's going to be fine!
Helen