Friday, June 26, 2009

My surgery day

8:00 cst, 9:00 est.I'm going in for my surgery. Mom, Tom and Mike will get updates and keep you posted in this blog as the day moves forward. Thank you for all the prayers thus far and continue to do so through the surgery and beyond.

Update 8:55 cst 9:55est: surgery starts

Update10:35 cst 11:35 est: We just got our first update of the surgery. It is going great so far. We are about halfway through the procedure.

Update 12:22 cst. The doctor just finished Kens surgery. He said everything went very well. Kenny just got transferred to a recovery room and he will be on morphine for the pain.

Update 2:18 cst. We just got to visit Ken, he seemed like he was doing well. He was in pain as was expected, but he was coherent enough to ask what the doctor said about the surgery. The morphine/Valium combo is helping to alleviate most of the pain.

Update: After visiting with him, Kenny seemed to be doing very well . He was alert and asking questions. While not moving he said his pain level was a 6/10. He will be receiving Valium to help ease his back spasms. We decided to let him rest for the night.

Update day 2: Kenny is in the recovery process. There is still quite a bit of pain, but he seems to be doing better than yesterday. The doctor confirmed again today that the surgery was a success and he should be progressing as the days move forward.

5 comments:

andy ross said...

Good luck today Ken. We are all thinking about you today.

Mary said...

Mike or Tom, thank you so much for posting updates on here!

kursnack said...

Kenny!--We wish you the best--can't wait to see you--stay strong baby!

Anonymous said...

Ken,

Thinking about you! So glad to hear that everything went well. I hope that those pain meds are working. Can't wait to talk with you!

xoxoxoxo
Paula

Heather Brown said...

Ken, Good Luck with Everything!Sounds like your doing good! Keep it up! Cant wait to see you back at KEn-Ton....MAke sure your still getting your Mighty Tacos!