Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Health Update on and by Robert Reagan ==== Mon., Oct. 6, 2008
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL! PRAY FOR TEST RESULTS
What a blessing it was to walk out of the hospital today. I praise God that I wasn't afraid going into the surgery. Honestly, I was a little unaware of the post surgery pain. That surprised me. After the surgery I was pretty talkative with friends and family in the recovery area. I was feeling like, "Hey, this isn't too bad." That was Thursday, then came FRIDAY and SATURDAY! Man, I felt terrible after the painkiller from the surgery wore off and the soreness set it. I felt so bad I didn't want to talk with anyone. All I wanted to do was push the morphine button and float off into painless land. Thursday and Friday nights were the longest nights in my life. Time just seemed to crawl by every time I looked at the clock. My son Branson said, "Man Daddy, you looked so great the first day. You look terrible now." : ) The little guy has a way with words.
Saturday night the pain start to subside. I slept great that night. Sunday morning I started walking. I walked up and down the long hallway 3 times to get my body working again. Normal body functions returned and I kept feeling better. The most painful part of the whole experience was when they took out the tube in my side for drainage of the area around the pancreas. I thought I was going to faint it was so painful. Later I asked why it was so painful and they said, "Because the tube went pretty deep down inside you." So I'm glad to have that behind me.
The biggest shock was when the nurse removed the bandage over the wound. I looked down and saw an 8-10-inch wound with 22 metal staples in it. They explained that the staples decrease scarring and aid in the healing process. I should get these staples out in a few days.
On Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 I have an appointment to see the surgeon and learn the test results on the tumor. So, please continue to pray that it will not be cancerous.
Thank you for sticking with me in prayer through this whole situation.
God bless, Robert
P.S. The next update will be on Wed. Oct. 8, 2008