勞工心髒手術的前前後後（１７）

２１日星期一。我醒來後去LIVING ROOM的RECLINER CHECK LG。他半坐在那裏，說，他腳腫了。我一看，他腳上的黃襪子沒了，露著白白光光的兩支腫腳。他接著說，我剛吃了兩片利尿藥（護士開的藥量是一天一片，連吃７天）。我說，我得問醫生，你不能隨便改藥量。。。給醫院打電話，沒找到DISCHARGE我們的護士，但得到了其他護士的ADVICE：腳腫是CIRCULATION的問題。因此，要把腳的高度抬到和心髒一樣平，這樣有助血液循環。我轉告LG了。他照著做。

今天，LG坐到STUDY的COMPUTER前，給公司員工群發了封EMAIL。這是他手術後寫的第一封EMAIL：

Hi Y'all,

I returned home yesterday afternoon. We got the house modified somewhat for my mobility needs. I shaved this morning for the first time in six days. That is a tremendous improvement believe me.

I will be doing minor walking exercises a couple of times a day. It is interesting that I can be sitting in a reclining type of chair and feeling fairly well but when I get up and I start to do something I tire quickly, a normal reaction after major chest surgery. Not much stamina back yet. I do not remember anything directly about the surgery but there are a lot of immediately post-op events I remember.

I will remain on calorie and diet restrictions for a couple of more weeks I expect.

That's all for now. I'm recovering according to plan. Thanks to all of you for your support.

Harvey

他不再需要我替他UPDATE他的情況。手術過後第６天他就開始BACK TO HIS LIFE了。隨後，他回複了公司裏的幾個EMAILS。

在手術前就預料，LG術後在家恢複期，吃飯是個頭痛的問題，因為我們平時經常在外麵吃。很少在家做飯。要做也是做簡單的。LG堂兄的繼子是CHEF。他有一個BUSINESS專門給CUSTOMER做飯並把一個星期的飯一次性送貨上門。他們跟我提了幾次了，我就說好，用他的服務。於是，今天收到他送的飯（３餐飯，但夠一個星期的量）：

Smoked, Pulled Pork with Potato Salad and Baked Beans

Italian Grilled Chicken served with whole wheat fettuccini and green salad with ranch dressing

Beef soft tacos with Spanish rice and refried black beans with all sides

Snacks:

Double Fruit mostly melon.
Finer texture chicken salad

大盒小盒的一大堆，把我們的冰箱塞的滿滿的。他給我一個INSTRUCTION。我按INSTRUCTION配SAUCE，再加熱一下。LG實際上吃不了幾口。他雖然嗓子下咽飯不象在醫院時那麽痛了，但覺得累。消耗體力。

吃過晚飯，他要按他EMAIL裏說的，今天開始去外麵的SIDEWALK上進行走路練習。這時太陽快落山了，也不很熱，我挽著他慢慢地在家們前的SIDEWALK上走。走走停停，走過幾家鄰居，再折回來。他的肺功能沒有恢複，所以即使很慢地走，都要不時地停下來喘氣。還拌有咳嗽。我說，Your lung loves your heart so much that it sacrificed itself to save heart. 他說，I love YOU。

（待續）

[89MM]

很感動。。。