Noises in the Night

Steve here. I have slept most of the day and well into the night. Bishop Spilker stopped by to visit this afternoon. He works nearby. Then my neighbor Mark came in after work. I felt bad because I kept drifting off to sleep. Still, it was nice for the company. He visited with Carla for several hours.

I never did get my own room. I am the last one left in the holding area. So in a way I do have my own room. Various nurses have been in and out of my room doing all sorts of tasks—checking vitals, emptying my JP drain, clearing my ostomy bag, monitoring my epidural, bringing more ice chips.

The last nurse to come in had to swap out my foot pump. This pump inflates two pressure cuffs wrapped around my calves. They inflate randomly every few seconds to prevent blood clots from forming in my legs. Sometime during the night it started beeping each time it pumped. This constant beeping eventually woke up me and Carla. Now she is back to sleep and I am left wide awake.

I have enjoyed reading through Carla's posts. She's doing a great job keeping everyone up to date. Thank you all for your comments and encouragement. I feel amazingly well under the circumstances. Yay for the epidural! Soon I hope to start sitting up and walking a bit. We'll see how that goes.