CCU Day 2 - 10:30 AM

Terrie had been sitting up in a chair for about 2 hours when I arrived at 8:40 this morning. Shortly thereafter, she was put back in the bed. She was pretty tired from sitting up and slept through most of the morning visitation time. The surgeon came by during that time and talked with us more about the surgery and how she is doing. He is very happy with her progress and talked to the nurse about removing more tubes & monitors. They believe that, if a room becomes available today, she will be moved to the Cardiac Step-down Unit (CSU). Praise God that she still has not had to deal with nausea! I'm not putting all my weight down just yet because she will be needing pain medication for all the things they plan for her today and I just pray that she continues without an upset stomach. Charlton & Mary Beth have stayed over an extra day and plan to head back to Midland today after the mid-day visitation. It has been so great to have them here, as well as our two precious daughters who both live here. All 3 of our kids have worked hard to keep the grandkids happy & busy while allowing each other some visitation time with their mom. Papa Charley hasn't been much help with the kids these last few days. BTW, in case anyone's asking, my head is finally better. Poor baby! And while I'm at it, a huge shout out to the RHCC church staff & family! You guys are totally amazing with all your prayer support, calls, visits, cards & even food! We are totally humbled by your generous attention to us! Your faith and that of all our more distant blog readers is quite evident in how smoothly things have gone for us. Thanks to all of you!