April Fool = Surgery #2

We are day 4 post-op. Adam's take down surgery went great...just shy of 2 hours. It has been a completely different experience from the first surgery. He was feeling pretty crapy on the clear liquid diet the day before. He started vomiting the night before and morning of. They were able to give him naussea stuff before they took him back. We also talked to them about his experience of waking up last time without any pain killers. They kept him in recovery longer so they could hook his pain iv up before he got to his room. He was pretty drowsy for a few hours. They also put some kind of a patch behind his ear for naussea.
The first day he only got to swab his mouth with water. Day 2 they let him have ice chips and sips of water. That night he started having bowel movements. Day 3 he got to move to a post-op diet..mostly liquids. Continued to have bowel movements and started on immodium to try to slow things down. Last night he was up a lot going to the bathroom and even had some seepage. It might take a while to get the right ammount of immodium regulated. He started on real food today. He's eaten some oatmeal, a banana, potatoes, and rice. Hopefully they will help thicken things up a bit. He has quite a bit of pain when stuff is moving through, but that is normal. He is in his on pj's now, and is ready to go home. Hopefully soon. We've had exceptional nurses this time around, and are grateful for their expertise and willingness to answer questions and help. We also brought our own toilet paper from home and some ointment.