Update #8: Ups and downs

Today was a bit rough. In the transition from the epidural to the iv with a button for John to push to regulate the pain meds, he went a little slow and the pain gained more than the meds took away. At the same time, he was experiencing some tremendous gas related pressure from the surgery. Apparently when they do surgery, there is a lot of air that gets trapped and now it is trying to escape. I'm not going to lie, today for about 5 hours, John laid there and every couple minutes, yelled out in pain. It was pretty hard to watch and be able to do nothing to help. The nurse even peeked her head through the curtain and said she was afraid to come in. She told me to imagine the worse gas pain I've felt and then magnify that times about a hundred. That's what John was experiencing. It finally got under control later in the afternoon and we got to end with things the way we are used to. Some good news today is that the tube in the nose is gone:
and for the first time in a week, we got to have a snack together. We got to share a cup of tea:

Probably the best thing that happened today is what we stumbled upon on Comedy Central at just the right time. Years ago, John and I watched this comedian that we both thought was hilarious, but we didn't get his name and we hadn 't run across him since.... until today. Now, I just grabbed one of the first Youtube vids I found, because John and I will watch them all together when we get to be home..... Dear readers, Jeremy Hotz: