Post-OP Day 4

Charlie is taking his first steps! Cardiopulmonary rehab was in to check on dad today and insisted that he try to take some steps with a walker. They encouraged 20 feet or so, but dad did a full loop around the entire hospital floor! They had to stop him from doing more.

Dad is eating more and talking . When I talked to him on the phone he said "Daa-da-da-dahhhhh, I feel much better." He is alert due to the decrease in pain medications.

I asked Farley if he was looking forward to his return home. He shrugged, grabbed my sister's hand and said, "Home is wherever we are, together." At that moment, home was a critical care waiting room. For the next week, my parent's home becomes a sterile hospital room in Aurora, Colorado. But hospital discomforts aside, my parent's joy in being alive and together radiates from my father's room.