That's what Lynn wants me to answer. So my answer is I'm fine. What else can I be? My reality is that a week ago my husband had a heart attack and our lives changed. There is nothing I can do about that except to prevent another one.
I'm scared about taking him home. I'm tired from still trying to live a normal life this week. I'm sick of driving back and forth to a hospital.
The stress of a major surgery effects more than the person on the operating table. It effects the whole family. When he has had surgery before he says its always easier for the patient than the spouse, and I tend to agree with that.
Tonight hasn't been the best evening. He overdid it this afternoon and was more tired than usual and was having trouble breathing. He couldn't really talk without getting winded. Seeing him struggle took me right back to having to call 911. It was traumatic. For everyone.
Tomorrow's goal is for me to make it to work and for him to not over exert himself to the point of struggling again.....because that's not good for either one of us.
Lynn does have to learn when to slow down. Was he ever given an exsertion level by occupational therapy? Alos mom was wondering how he is getting up from a seated postion? She had to slide to the edge of the seat before she got up.
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