Sorry it has taken me so long to post. I am not having good luck with the Internet here at the hospital.

Last night was long. Steve's pain meds did everything but keep him from pain. He really complained about his chest and neck hurting from the surgery. Finally at 1:00am he settled down and went to sleep for 4 hours. We were awaken at 5:00a.m for meds. He said he couldn't believe how good he felt this morning. Of course I thought he still had medicine hangover but he did convince me he felt a lot better. They brought breakfast in and he said it didn't really feel like eating but he thought he better eat a little. They came right away and took him to dialysis at 7:00am. Before they could get him hooked up to dialysis he got sick. For several hours he was nauseous. They gave him zofran to help calm his stomach. He was nauseous pretty much all day.

Dr. Browns husband is the doc at the hospital this week so he is seeing Steve. He said no going home today since you were sick. That made him happy. He said it could be uremic poisoning but he was ok yesterday. I think it is his body adjusting to the dialysis and pain meds by mouth, reg meds, etc... too much for the body to handle. He felt pretty crappy all day.

Finally at 4:30pm they came to get him to put dye in the fistula to see if it has a problem. The doc that did this seems to think it is ok but he is going to let the surgeon look at the pictures they took and make the decision whether to use it or not. We got back to the room about 5:30pm and he did eat some dinner. He seems to be doing better. So tomorrow we will probably see Dr. Lukins (vascular surgeon), Dr. Brown (kidneys) and Dr. Liarz (Urologist). His next dialysis is Friday morning at 5:45am. I think Linda said she wanted to take him to this appointment.