OK, I'm going to preface this by saying that what I'm going to talk to Ross about is about something that happened to Joe during his botched gallbladder surgery. I don't want anyone to think this normally happens with any surgery. Joe's 5 heart and lung surgeries went off without a hitch.
Ross-Yup, yup, yup--I'm remembering Joe going through all of the things you have mentioned (after his bleedout and subsequent extremely high temp), needing support to walk, wasted leg muscles, exhaustion after walking a little bit. He was also thin as a rail (he actually scared a few people who know him, because they weren't aware of what he had gone through), as a matter of fact, he is still is quite thin. I suspect from being fed through a tube, you are also, plus you were hospitalized and in bad shape much longer than Joe.
I remember taking him to the card's office to have his pacer checked and we ran into the cardiologist who handles the cardiac floor and was so wonderfully helpful. He really saved Joe's life. I think he was shocked to see Joe still alive, let alone walking even though he was hanging on to me.
When I think back to those times, his progress has been remarkable. He's still not 100 percent and is still battling bouts of C-Diff which he got in the hospital, but things are going in the right direction, and that's all that counts.
Just keep plugging away. You're an old toughie. You've got one up on Joe though, he still has his Alien. The surgeon high-tailed it out of his abdomen when something went wrong. This was the general surgeon. I want to make that very clear. Joe's cardiac surgeon is an extremely fine and gifted surgeon whom I would recommend highly. I certainly don't want to confuse the two.
One step at a time.
