Surgery Update

Alex had surgery this morning to replace his port and pull his PICC line. The surgery went extremely well. A side note here to explain why we love this hospital and these doctors so much. Alex's favorite anesthesiologist is on pain service this week.  When he rounded on Tuesday we told him Alex had surgery today to replace his port. He knows he is our favorite and understands Alex's anxiety. He put himself on the schedule this morning to do Alex's case to help him feel better about it. Then left the OR to continue to round on pain service.

The great news is we are getting really close to discharge. It could be anytime over the next few days, While we are not back to baseline we are at a point where he is stable enough that I can care for him at home. We will continue to try and get him back to baseline as he improves from the two surgeries and pancreatitis. The only issue we have dealt with today is an extremely high heart rate. His Heart rate has stayed between 120 and 170 all day. We are not sure if it is from anesthesia or pain. We are hoping it looks better tomorrow because we definitely won't be sent home with a HR like that.

Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers.
Ali