Recovery- Day 3

Santi and I were both able to have a restful nights sleep last night. We had almost 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep, 10pm-3am. When Santi woke up at 3am, he called for me, I slid into bed with him and we just cuddled. I've been playing a Reiki sound healing station on pandora throughout the night and it's really helping us sleep. He stayed awake until 5:30am, which is fine, more cuddles. Oh, and he had a bowel movement. I'll spare you the details, but it was very exciting!

He started today off by sitting in the chair again. Santi did great in the chair, he slept, watched a movie and spent a total of almost 4 hours sitting up.  
During that time, he took a break from sitting to stand up. He stood with my help for 3-4 minutes and even took a few steps. The highlight of my day was getting a high five and a fist bump from Santi after his strenuous workout. 

Napping in the chair

Napping in the chair

They also removed Santi's medial chest tube this afternoon. WHOO HOO! He has been resting comfortably on morphine ever since. 

1 chest tube out, 1 to go!!

1 chest tube out, 1 to go!!

UPDATE: more standing and he ate his first real food since Wednesday!

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Plain noodles, peas & carrots

Plain noodles, peas & carrots

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