Another day in the books. Got a new fridge today - the old one (25 years) just started making too many new noises, and the old noises were getting louder.
Thanks God Sue was here to help - she's been a God-send for sure - keeping me on my toes and getting me to eat, and move around - and generally taking great care of me.
Things are moving along, getting better every day - appetite increasing, pain decreasing.
Losing my last bandage here in a few minutes - then Friday, I'll probably lose the feeding tube and THAT will be the last outside influence, other than a few scars.

For those that are wondering - I'm not home alone - Sue is here with me - I couldn't do this by myself - she's been with me through this all and I certainly appreciate it. Thanks Honey, I don't know what I'd do without ya.

Hi Folks - I'm back. a zillion million thanks to Moochie for blogging for me. I guess I owe ya at least one beer huh??????
Y'all have no idea how heart warming it is to have such close friends and family. Not a day went by that I wasn't amazed by the number of thoughts, prayers and good wishes I received.
Thank you one and all, you made a difficult recovery much easier.
I got home Thursday had some major pain problems Tuesday and Wednesday, and finally got those straightened out, and my meds adjusted. the only thing I have sticking out of me now is a feeding tube, which I haven't used, and probably wont and will have it removed next week. I'm taking one time release and one quick acting drug for pain management - other than that - time will heal the rest.
I'll try to keep up with the daily updates, but I'm afraid it may get quite boring, but I'll take it day by day and swe how everything goes.
Thanks again eyeryone - Love Y'all!

homecoming king...

so if you went to the hospital right now and asked to see my dad - they would say "superman no es here"... dad came home yesterday... still in a little pain but doing much better... so tomorrow dad will be back at the controls of his blog once again...

so thanks for putting up with me for almost two whole weeks... and thanks for all the love and support for not only my dad, but my entire family... much love...

waiting some more...

just got off the phone with dad... he is having some pain around the incision so he's staying in the hospital one more day... but he's been eating big boy food that he actually has to CHEW... sorry can't write more now - 'supposed' to be working... much love...

FOOOOOOOOD...

didn't get to see dad last night... going to see him tonight before pubsday... but here is what aunt sue has posted on facebook...

Sue Mullendore Just got the word Jay had grilled chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy and zucchini for dinner!! Ordered eggs for breakfast and meatloaf for lunch. He must be in seventh heaven!! Hooray for such encouraging news!!!!!! Go SUPERMAN!!

HOLY CRAP - watch out world - superman's back in business!!! will post more tonight after i see him... much love...

now we're up in the big leagues...

gettin our turn at bat...

sorry - just going with the jefferson's theme...

dad is doing AmAAAAzing... catheter - gone... ng tube - gone... bp iv - gone... epidural - gone... ability to eat - BACK...

for the past few months dad hasn't been able to eat anything solid... for the few weeks before his surgery water was hard to get down... so, with apologies to probably everybody, today i saw my dad eat like a runaway slave... granted, it was only cream of mushroom soup, but holy crap did he suck it down... doc says he should get out of there tuesday or wednesday... everybody knows how strong dad is, but i can't believe how well he is doing after all of this...

i would like to send a personal thanks to everybody that has stopped by to see him, sent cards, posted comments on this blog, posted facebook comments and brought beer mug shaped balloons... it's nice to know there are so many people out there pulling for my dad... i'm sure that dad would agree with me when i say "you guys rock"... much love...