RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL!

Delcy was released from the hospital on Friday and we got him back home at 6:00 that evening.  What a process being discharged is! Lots of people to go over instructions with, final tubes and IVs to be taken out, waiting to make sure that there was no bleeding where the tubes were removed and then speaking with the translator on the blue phones to make sure that Delcy understood everything.  We started the process about 1:00 that afternoon, and left the hospital at 5:45.

Delcy felt pretty comfortable all day Friday, so the trip home didn't bother him too much.  In fact, Aly and Geoff came over and had dinner with us that evening, and Delcy's face absolutely lit up when he saw that they'd remembered to bring Geoff's guitar.  He'd been asking to play it since before his surgery, and it turns out that Delcy is pretty good! He played the guitar and even sang for us a bit...that was magical!

Saturday (his first full day at home) was pretty good.  His pain was managed well and he stayed pretty comfortable. He had his second shower and watched the first half of Titanic with Bill.  Valerie spent quite a bit of time with Delcy on Saturday and her best friend came to visit with Delcy for a bit that afternoon as well. He was dissappointed that he wasn't able to go to church on Sunday, but felt better when we assured him that he would make it next week.. The best part of the weekend was that Delcy had very little pain and we were able to keep him pretty comfortable.  All in all, it was a good weekend...fairly quiet and restful, just what the doctor ordered :-)