MARCH 1

Coy went in for surgery at Arkansas Surgery Center, he was suppose to be there at 9:30, we got there at 9 am, they took him on back and got him prepped for surgery. His gown, pretty little hat, IV and all those cute little things they do. His heart rate went up to 180 so that brought a room full of nurses and Dr. They begin to work with him, did an EKG, it was not good , it did it again only it went to only 160 this time. It was running higher than it should and fluctuated back and forth. So irregular so they got some kind of medicine and put in his IV. Undecided to whether they would do surgery or not. The medicine worked and took care of the problem. so they decided to go ahead.
He did great the Dr. said. The nerve block should last about 18 hours, but they gave it to him about 10:30 this morning ,did not go in surgery until 3:10 so it will not last all night.
Well at 2 am this morning the pain returned with a vengence. It was the worst pain,"he said" he had ever had. He called the nurse and told her "didnt you tell me you had some medicine for this pain and if you dont bring me a sledge hammer so I can get me out of my misery." So the pain had to be very bad. It was not a good night or day after that. He kept pulling his sling off and taking his pillow out fron under his arm. He is not a good patient at all. So glad I had a room next to his so I could watch him. He is very agitated at the garb he has to wear. Not eating or drinking like he is suppose to. But it is going to be Ok. No much rest until Wed night we came home thursday.

The Dr. said it would be better to go on than for him to be off his plavix another 10 days and do it all over again. So that is what we did. He did great in surgery. No problem.
Everyone told him he just wanted the attention of all the nurses and Dr.

He got plenty of that. All the nurses was in there doing what needed done. His anethesologist was with him all through the surgery to make sure things went well. He don't usually stay in there. Dr. Stewart told us that. I was just praying and I knew in my heart, God was going to take of things.He did and we are so richly blessed. God Bless all