One more day at the ICU

Today was dad's first day post surgery. We thought they would shift him from the ICU to the general ward, but the doctors wanted to monitor him a little longer and hence decided to keep him for another day in the ICU. We were told that dad had undergone a pretty major surgery (3 procedures in 1 go) and they had to make sure that he was completely out of danger before shifting him. He was still highly sedated so that he did not feel the pain. His face looked a lot better than yesterday although he was not able to speak very clearly due to the tubes coming out of his nose. The Physiotherapist made him sit for an hour in the morning to enable blood circulation.

Since the ICU did not have any chairs we could only stay for a few minutes each time, this worked for us since dad was awake only for a few minutes anyway. After meeting with the doctors we went to the Perumal Temple and Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple at Serangoon.

When we got back, we had a huge session on positive attitude from my Uncle and the Doctors. We were told how important it is to maintain a positive attitude at this stage of dad's recovery.
Apparently one of the patient's, a 72 year old lady with secondary cancer to her lungs and brain, survived the disease only because of her attitude to fight! Hearing such positive stories gave me some hope as well. We were giving dad a lot of positive vibes about his recovery and the support he had from all our friends. I hope it works in helping him recover quickly. He was smiling a few times today and also told the doctors that he wanted to spend some time relaxing at Adelaide. How I wish that happened sooner rather than later!

The waiting room at the Liver Unit is a nice lounge with a few couches and a TV with some satellite channels. Mom and I spent whole of today there visiting dad every hour to make sure he was fine and giving him company while he was awake. Hope tomorrow would see him in a better shape!