It's 9:30 pm and I've just walked in the door from a full day...
In short, he's about the same, stable but not 'awake'. He was having some labored breathing, or maybe rapid or accelerated breathing is a better way to say it. The nurses can't tell if perhaps he's breathing harder because he's in pain so they gave him some Versed which is a sedative. It promotes sleepiness and memory loss and works to reduce anxiety. If the Versed doesn't help him to relax, then they will move on to Fentyal - a fairly powerful narcotic and analgesic, it acts rapidly and wears off quickly too. One website I read said it's 100 times more powerful than morphine.
My mom said tonight the incision from the surgery on his abdomen is larger than a cesarean. Poor guy, he's been through so much. Perhaps it's better he's not awake for all this...
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