The purr motors are being revved up for some serious prolonged purring on
the part of the Fabulous Furballs

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Priming the purr motors already.

Scheduling, surgical and recovery purrs on the way.

Jill

Purrs and prayers being sent for Dave. May his surgery and recovery go
well.

Dewi.

Thanks for the update, let us know how it goes! Purrs!

 
  Many, many special purrs and best wishes for Dave's surgery and
recovery.  He is much loved and will be in our thoughts throughout.

 Jeanne

Purrs on the way for a successful surgery and recovery.

Randy

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Many, many purrs on the way for Dave.

Purrs for Dave.

Theresa
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Thanks Yowie for the update.  We are sending purrs and healing thoughts to
Dave.

Susan M
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Thanks for letting us know, Yowie.  Purrs and prayers are on the way.  I'm
glad it's finally scheduled.

Joy

Purrs on the way.
Ann

Thanks for posting the info, Yowie.

Mega purrs for Dave from us here in Ohio, USA.

Ginger-lyn
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Purrs from here for the op to be tremendously successful so we can get
our Dave back!

We will be thinking of Dave on the 21st in hopes of a successful surgery and
rapid and complete recovery.  We've got Rosie and Cinder sending purrs.
Annie

    Many, many special purrs and good wishes for Dave's surgery and
recovery.  He is much loved and will be in our thoughts throughout.

Lots of purrs that Dave's op will go well with no complications and that he
will recover well very soon.

Tweed

<<<<<Dave and Dot>>>>>  Purrs that the surgery goes ok and on schedule.
Also sending healthy thoughts and wishes to both Dave and Dot.

Pam S. worried about them both

I hope that the surgery went really well and that he is recovering.
PUrrs and hugs for him and Dot,
Polonca and Soncek

In case you didn't know, open heart surgery is painful - afterwards.
Note - I am day 10 post op and have been out of hospital for 4 days.

And the flippen tablets! You need a translator to work out when to take
the tablets, how many and under what circumstances. And the blood tests
afterwards, you need blood tests for clotting times, blood tests for
sugar levels, have you had too many de-watering pills (Lasic), don't
take too much rat poison (Warfin), don't drink too much water, too much

My wife is a RN, and it takes her 30 minutes to get the tablets right
for the next morning. What do people do who have no medical background
or medical assistance?

Cough here, breath this, swallow that, eat this. Sheesh - what happened
to personal choice?

Cough when holding this pillow to your chest (hurts worse when you
don't).

Shower with a friend - you just can't reach parts as the pressure on
your chest hurts! and the clicking from your ribs is annoying and you
hope the wires are not going to break. These wires are important -
therre are 4 of them and they are holding your chest together. Don't
break them or you can't breath - can you say flail chest -  I sure can.

Bladder - I can't remember at 0600hrs - Do I have a tube in or not. If
not, get out of bed! You will displease whoever is looking after you if
you make this mistake. And new mattresses are expensive. If you do have
a tube in, getting untangled is sure to make the nursing staff laugh.

Have you used your bowels? If you answer wrong, do they keep you in
hosptial till you do? I and other patients lie like rugs so we can get
home. But even though things have eased, over dosages occur. And you
are chained to the small room till the tablets wear off.  And
translating from Malasian to English for a non speaking English patient
is fun too. (Patient was a little old Italian lady who had no or little
English and her vocab sure didn't cover this area!)

Hold out your arm, we are going to take, give, sample or add what ever
to your blood. I got smart and suggested leaving a tube in for this.
The doctor then missed the vein and looked for another 20 minutes for
another one. Note to self - don't get cheeky to the person holding the
needle. Also RNs are better at finding veins than doctors. Beware,
needle size goes up as the gage goes down. Gage 14 is twice the size of
a 28.

The new valve goes click, click at every pulse. And you can hear it.
Better get used to it. When it stops - you stop.

And the showering with a friend. She is nice (my wife now but it was a
nurse prior at the hospital who did the showering) but your interest in
more in the hot water going down your back and the little brain is just
not interested. At this stage, sex would kill you - maybe not, but sure
would hurt and pain to me is a real turn off. Sad when a 26 year old
lady soaking wet in a white uniform is sharing a shower with you and
all you can think of is / wish for - more hot water on your back.

Sounds like a pity party - not but real frustrating. You can't do
things! Things that you regarded as part of your roll have gone. Maybe
never to return. I can feed the dogs - just. But other chores have
gone.

Oh well. I was trying for humor, but looks as if a pity party. Pity. I
am going back to bed.
dave