There's No Place Like Home

Eric will be discharged from the hospital this afternoon.  Yay!  We're both going a little stir crazy sitting here in his room.

We reported to the hospital at 5:30 on Friday morning.  Despite it being so early, Eric had quite a crowd to see him off--wife :), parents, sister, mother-in-law, grandparents, friend, and pastor.  Of course Eric had to keep us entertained while we waited for him to be taken to surgery.

Finally at 7:30 the anesthesiologists took Eric to the OR.  Three hours later our family was called to the consultation room to meet with the surgeon.  He told us that he felt really good about the operation.  Based on what he saw when he removed the tumor, he's 98% sure it's benign.  The surgeon ended up using bone cement to fill the hole that the tumor left behind and he used a couple of screws and a plate to help support Eric's femur.  Because things went so well, he is anticipating that Eric will only be on crutches for two weeks, instead of the previously anticipated six.  Another yay!

The recovery from the surgery has been rough.  I don't think Eric realized this was going to be major surgery with intense pain that he's going to have to work through.  Yesterday afternoon he decided to start weaning himself off of the morphine since he won't be able to take that home.  The doctor prescribed a strong oral pain killer that Eric LOVES.  He says it makes him feel good, but it drives me nuts! The medicine makes Eric itchy and a little loopy.  From 5-9 this morning he was humming away.  I asked him what he was doing and he said he was singing to himself.  I didn't recognize the song, so apparently it is one that the pain killer made up for him.  The nurse decided we'll cut his dosage in half to see if that will keep him sane and still manage the pain.

Throughout this whole process our 21 week old baby girl has been dancing around in my belly like crazy!  It is so strange to not only feel her, but to be able to see her moving around.  Eric's been too drugged up to care, but I can't wait until he gets a little more rested so he can watch her too!  :)