It's been seven weeks since the surgery - not a long time in the normal world, but an eternity in a post-op existence. There's no way to sugarcoat this: recovery is a bitch.
Eddie has had a couple of infections since being home, one of which landed him back at Memorial on August 4th with a fever, shakes, and a high white blood cell count. While infections are common during recovery, I don't think any of us was anticipating Eddie would get one - much less that it could take so much out of him. To be back in the hospital so shortly after the surgery was dispiriting to say the least (in a recent email to me he called in the "kidney infection swamp"), but he weathered it like a champ.
The good news is that the doctors did a lot of testing in order to give him a super targeted antiobiotic, the infection has been eradicated, and he is feeling much better. His recovery is back on track and he's gaining energy. His appetite, both literal and metaphorical, is growing (which is good, because he lost quite a bit of weight). The juicers are whirring. He is training his new bladder, which is a slow business, but medically he is right on track.
Perhaps best of all - his hair is growing in. Brother Don is visiting this week, and then Eddie will return to the dacha for some country living.
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| Eddie and the water lillies |
