Josh's Journey: Post Op

When he got out of surgery, they put him in ICU. He was heavily sedated because he had a breathing tube in still. He had to have that in for at least 4-5 hrs post op because of all the swelling, or it might squish his lungs. Then they made him come to before taking the tube out to make sure he could breath on his own. THAT WAS BRUTAL!!! Nothing worse than the feeling of choking and gagging and having your hands tied to the bed, and everyone telling you to "just relax". :/ I thought he was going to bust through those straps!

Then over the next two days, he had lots and lots of friends and family in to see him, which was really nice :). The swelling in his eyes went down and they took the pic line out of his neck...hallelujah!!!