Saturday, June 6th

He's home! Very happy to be home but still weak and feeling the effects of all the meds and the incision. I am a nervous wreck, you know that I am not a nurse and really don't want to see anyone suffer. My daughter-in-law, Adrian, bless her heart, is studying to be a nurse and came over last night to stay with Burt so I could run to the pharmacy and get his prescriptions filled and get some liquid foods for him. He's on a liquid diet until Monday, then he can eat soft foods. They told us we did not need to use the navel feeding line. I have all the stuff and the pump and will not be using it unless he cannot tolerate food. So far he's been keeping everything down, soup, Glucerna, tea, coffee.....

A visiting nurse is coming this morning to check him out, that makes me feel better. You know how hard it is to get ahold of doctors on the weekends! The two drains are starting to hurt and he would like them to come out. We will see what she says. He still has all the staples in and the navel feeding tube. They took out the central line in his chest right before sending him home.

The dog has not left his side since he came home, she was all over him last night. Very touching.......the bond between them.