I regret, it's more of the same. The wound is still very ugly, although it's under control. Christy worked with the nurse to learn how to dress it, so when he gets home she'll be able to help take care of it. The pain is bad enough that Dad has to have a little morphine to take the edge off of it when they go to dress it.. hopefully he won't need it when he gets home (which is increasingly looking like it'll be Thursday). A surgeon did some work with it to keep the wound from bleeding. His entire body aches, probably because he was tense during yesterday's operation.
If you've tried to contact Dad today, but couldn't get through, understand that we pulled the phone off-line.. the more rest he gets, the faster he gets out of the hospital... and he's tired of being in the hospital. Thank you all for your patience, restraint, and support through all of this. I don't doubt we'll probably have some kind of party when he's better able to handle it. You may compare today's against yesterday's results.