Leaps & Bounds...

Another good day,.. Scott is improving daily. I am amazed at how quickly he's bouncing back,.. the trick is to not overdo too much, too soon, but so far, so good. He's able to be up & about and stay awake for pretty much the entire day, with an occasional nap as needed. He's eating a lot more,.. gone from a little something up to three (moderate) meals a day plus even a couple of lite snacks here & there.

He started using the treadmill today, and did well so this will probably begin his daily cardiac rehab that we talked about with his surgeon... it's so hard to believe that today marks only one week since he came home from the hospital.

He's not pain-free, but we're keeping it manageable,... he's up & alert throughout most of the day, but he does still tire easily, of course,....... he's doing very, very well considering he just had open-heart surgery only 11 days ago! ;)

Tonight, he put the girls to bed himself,.. kisses, hugs, read stories, and sang songs. Was winded afterwards, but he did it, and he was proud. I know it meant a lot to him,...... it meant a lot to them, too. Each day has brought a new blessing.

We know that there is still a long road ahead, but we are hopeful he'll keep improving by leaps & bounds.......... for now, we're still taking things one day at a time.