Mom went to the Dr. today [Monday], yes she has bronchitis. Dad saw Dr. Lipper [the pulmonologist] and he said dad is doing very well considering the extent of his surgery. He needs to have productive coughs and sit up straight! Dad will go see the cardiologist on Wednesday and on Thursday he is to [...]

As of 10:45am [Friday] dad is home! The x-ray still shows pneumonia but he will see the pulmonologist on Monday about that issue. The cough continues to be bothersome. His pulse-ox has been as high as 97 and has remained over 93 so no oxygen is needed. Dad did very well using the walker to [...]

After a good day with therapy and no oxygen on Saturday, dad had a slight set back Sunday. The chest x-ray results say he has pneumonia. He is on Zithromax and the doctor will continue to monitor the situation. He has been able to stay off the oxygen for the past three days, so if [...]

Just spoke with mom who seemed in better spirits today. Dr. Hokah (sp?), their GP, has extended dad’s stay in rehab for another week. He’s been a bit better about doing his physical therapy, but is still very weak and tired most of the time. His incisions are all healing nicely. So, now it’s just [...]

Nancy spoke to the doctor yesterday (Thursday). She was able to get some answers to many of the questions I had about Dad’s recovery. Here’s some of what she found out transformed into a Q&A format: Q: Will Dad have the same life-long lifting restrictions as Aunt Rosemary (who had surgery in August 2001 for [...]