We had great family support throughout this challenging time. The girls came to be with us the day of the operation. In fact, we took Loree out to lunch to celebrate her birthday that day after Gary was out of the surgery and we knew he was okay, and while we were waiting for him to come out of the recovery room. Then Jan and Julie stayed with me all night the first night and we took turns being with Gary, and it is a good thing we did because at some point of time during the night he stopped breathing while Julie was with him. There was a Code Blue and his nurses and a couple of doctors converged immediately and got him breathing again. We were amazed at how quickly they were all able to get to him, but he gave us all a good scare. However, after that first night, things went smoothly with his recovery.
Gary spent a good amount of time in bed and wanted me to take a picture of him resting comfortably because he was so grateful to be able to sleep without pain again!It is at a time like this when we are really grateful for family. They all took such good care of us. Thank you, everyone.
P.S. I wrote this in November, but forgot to post it--so better late than never.
