Post-Surgery

Sunday, July 10:
9:00 pm: Conan took a shower this afternoon and put on shorts & a t-shirt instead of a hospital gown -- just one more step towards person and away from patient.
Right now, I'd say his condition is like someone that has a concussion.  He's mostly ok, but everything's not quite normal.  

2:00 pm: Doc was in early today, continued progress. Conan is scheduled for a complete eye exam and review tomorrow; he is having some trouble with his peripheral vision in his right eye.  Cognitive and neuro-motor assessments are not raising any big concerns. A discharge date is not yet set.

And if you didn't see a QC paper this weekend, they ran two short stories about Conan:
Friday Paper
Saturday Follow-Up (There were enough calls on Friday asking how surgery had gone that the reporter called looking for info)
The Friday article said he wanted to be at soccer camp this week;  I don't see that happening, but that's ok.

Saturday, July 9:
9:00 pm: Conan was able to eat something tonight and talked with Gretta more this afternoon.  He also had a short visit from Henry -- father & son enjoyed it!  Still lots of sleep and rest.

1:00 pm: Doc was in -- MRI looks normal too.  Second time around is just more traumatic to the brain, so recovery will take a little more time.  He sounds more like himself this afternoon, but sleep is still the king.

noon:  Conan is still very tired, sleeping more than he is awake.  He has had a CT and an MRI this morning.  The CT results came back normal and we are waiting to hear about the MRI.

He is taking some pain meds, but not a lot.  If you ask him, he says it hurts a little.  He has been out of bed a little bit, but mostly just wants to sleep.

Gretta is feeding Henry now, Conan is sleeping, more later.