I am writing to you this morning from the comfort of my sofa… which means that Bradley was discharged! YAY!
Following the surgery Bradley had not been able to really eat or keep any food down. Wednesday evening the doctor determined that Bradley’s lack of appetite and nausea was due to the morphine drip that he was on. So he made the wise decision to take him off of that and simply put him on oral Tylenol w/ Codeine, as this is what he was to be on when he comes home, anyway. Bradley wasn’t in a whole lot of pain anyway so he was fine with that. Plus, I know he wanted to eat, he was just scared because everytime he did he felt like he was going to be sick! L
So, that evening they made the switch. Within a few hours, Bradley polished off two small slices of pepperoni pizza, a corndog, and a cup of milk! The doctor said that if he can eat a good breakfast on Thursday morning and keep it down, then he can go home. Yesterday morning Brad had six “French toast” sticks, two slices of bacon, and a glass of milk – so the doctor bid us farewell and sent us on our way! We cleaned up at the Ronald McDonald house where we had been staying, and then we made the haul back to Lakeland – it took just over an hour, not too bad. We got home yesterday at about 1:30pm.
I just wanted to thank all of you for your kind words, emails to Bradley, cards, and all around love and support. I know that is what has helped him to recover so nicely and he definitely enjoys each and every email & card he receives. He is sleeping right now but yesterday was able to have a couple friends over and laugh & giggle with them (while in bed of course), and that made my day. I know he will be just fine. J
Thanks again & God bless each and every one of you,
The Reller Family
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