And he's up

The doctor showed us the video of the procedure about fourty five minutes ago. It's very cool to see the narrowing in the veins, then the balloons and then puff no stenosis. I will try and video tape some of it and post it tonight for you.

We will be here for about another hour, we are waiting for the other two patients Gary and Lena who were also operated on yesterday to be released. Then we all head back to the hotel.

The nurse took out Don's I.V. about twenty mintues ago, which made Don a free man. He stood up took three steps before i noticed that he was bleeding from where the I.V. was. They added any extra piece of tape to add pressure to the site and told him to chill out for fifteen minutes.

Ten minutes passed and like a kid going to the candy store he was up and out of the room. We walked down two rooms to see Gary. The legs aren't much better for walking but he hasn't had any physio yet so aren't surprised.

Physio starts tomorrow!!!

New Wish's

Again thank you for all the prayers and well wish's!!! Don loves to here from you, this morning he even received a call from Emily (granddaughter) and was in heaven!!!

For those of you who want to send a message to Don but are having trouble here's how you do it:

1. At the bottom of every update there is a button that says "comment"
2. Click it and a text box should appear with the words "post a comment"
3. Type in your message
4. Under the text box is a drop down menu
5. Click on the arrow to the right and select "anonymous"
6. Then click "post comment"

Please add your name at the bottom of your comment so we know who's typing.

What's up Doc?

So we met with the Doctor and he said that they opened up both jugular veins, left side and right side. The right side jugular had "significant" stenosis and the left side jugular had some stenosis but they could not open it up all the way because the Arterial Bulb is pushing up against the Vein. They opened that left side jugular as far as they could though.

We have had a visit from another doctor who speaks better english and she reaffirmed what Dr. Fallas had said and done.

I have video for that conversation but again i can't upload that much infomation on the Hospital's wifi so you will have to wait till later to see that video.

Day Four - A very good morning

When I arrived Don was standing and in mid pee, I know to much information by Amy wants details. He is still a little weak because the nurses wouldn't let him out of bed till this morning but he showered and used the bathroom (#2).

We are waiting for the doctor to come and give Don the results should know with in the hour.

Here is the new improvements:

-Don is extending his left arm straight

-His hand isn't closed like a fist anymore

-His feet look great and not swollen. His toes were also starting to go purple because of the lack of blood flow, well that gone too.

-He can lift his arm over his head with his other hand but because he hasn't used his arm in so long that he doesn't have any muscle mass to do it on it's own.

Also his face or neck isn't swollen from the surgery as well so he looks great

Video of the Drive to the hospital

No a big deal except that we had to drive up the side on a mountain, and when I say up the side I mean up. probably the most vertical i've ever been in a car. If you listen carefully you can here the driver mess with my nervous mom. He says "don't worry, I cover my eye on this part too"

Video's

A thank video

Check out the new me

Update hot off the press!!!!

So we are 6hrs post surgery and some things have changed.

1. Don's left arm can be raised up by his head
2. He has better movement in his left hand
3. He can extend his left arm, no longer carries it across his chest
4. His left arm isn't bloated anymore and you can see bone and muscle definition now
5. His feet also aren't bloated they look normal
6. He is enlightened, he believes he is thinking clearer

They will sit him up soon so he can eat and possibly stand him up tonight. The nurses don't want to over do it, having normal (extra for Don) blood flow around the brain and standing him up could cause him to get light headed and fall.

As soon as I get back to the hotel I will post three or four video's, Chao!!!