KaeEll's husband

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KaeEll's husband

TinaLord68 · The Smiling T.L. Fan

Was it a major surgery?

-- Edited by TinaLord68 at 13:24, 2008-06-23

shellyinphx · Long Lost DiMera Daughter

Thank goodness, thank you moore for getting on here and letting us know. I was wondering if we would hear from her today.

And Tina, I believe it was major. I know they were operating on his heart. The name of the surgery is in one of the weekend threads. I can't recall the exact name of it.

Here it is, had it in an email...it is called Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy...Long name eh

-- Edited by shellyinphx at 14:40, 2008-06-23

TinaLord68 · The Smiling T.L. Fan

wow that sounds major, I must have totally missed that day. Glad it went well Kae!

KaeEll · Original Soap Dish Diva

Thank you all so much! Yes, it was major surgery, and life-saving. Without it, we wouldn't have had Ted around much longer, but the neurosurgeon was very pleased and ALL the risk he had has been eliminated. He was alert and yapping up a storm within 3 hours of the surgery, feeling quite well except for the incision, which he complained about, lol!

We are enormously relieved, very grateful for the good wishes and prayers from friends and family.

I just poured myself a glass of wine, dinner's in the oven. Nick moved back in to stay with me for a few days, bless his heart.

Again, thanks all. Hugs!!

PS - Shelly, I ran my recording of Y&R - not much today but David's back asking Niki to try again with him. Meanwhile, she's started knocking back the booze! Ugh, eh?

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KaeEll, we are ALL very relieved too, on your behalf, and Ted's. Enjoy that glass of wine! I think that I'm about ready to go pour one for myself, although I don't deserve mine as much as you do yours...

shellyinphx · Long Lost DiMera Daughter

Kae I am so happy to hear from you, and I agree with Moore...Enjoy that glass of wine, you deserve it.

jessicad52178 · Jessica Almighty

So glad to see all is well Kae! Sorry I haven't popped in much lately. This new job kinda sux. I'm working Sundays now and I hate that, but what can ya do?

We'll keep Ted in our prayers and hopefully he'll have a smoote and easy recovery.

KaeEll · Original Soap Dish Diva

Ted phoned me 4 times last night. He had the only phone extension in the 17 bed ICU - his nurse said not a problem as all the others were unconscious. (ICU nurse humour, eh, lol.) Anyway, surprise of all surprises - he has been discharged and is all dressed, waiting for the head neurologist to check him out, then will take a taxi home! We're stunned but thrilled!! He did so well in surgery that they see no reason to keep in in the hospital when he can bum around for free at home. YAY!!!

It might be a little more restrictive for me having to wait on him a lot, but no complaints from me on that!! What a miracle after all. What a month this has been, and it's almost all over now but the recovery.

shellyinphx · Long Lost DiMera Daughter

Kae I am so thrilled for you. And for Ted who I am sure is so happy to be able to rest at home. And how nice of your doctor to let him go home instead of taking advantage and charging. What a heavy worry this has been for you and its finally almost over. YAH!!!!

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KaeEll, this is SUCH good news! And, I know that you don't mind taking care of Ted; it will be wonderful to have him back home, and recovering.

It's really amazing how much difference something like this can make. I remember how much my husband stressed over his disc surgery last year, and within hours of the procedure, he felt like a new person. I'm so glad to know that Ted is experiencing the same rapid recovery!

KaeEll · Original Soap Dish Diva

Oh no, I don't mind taking care of him at all. Just the idea of going through life without him made me appreciate him so much more. This is our second chance and we plan on loving every second of it. If this had happened 20 years ago, we wouldn't have it. Grateful barely covers how we feel throughout all of this.

Yikes!! Y&R is on. Shall report any juicy bits for Shelly.

Tess0707 · Senior Member

KaeEll, I am so very glad to hear that everything went well. You were in my thoughts and prayers yesterday. Modern medicine is truly amazing, and thank goodness, if this had to happen, it did in a time when modern medicine was able to take care of it.

I am so very happy for you guys!

Sophia

KaeEll · Original Soap Dish Diva

Thanks again, all.

Well, the reality of having a guy around the house that doesn't feel all that great has set in. He's very, very grumpy. We slept all of about 4 hours last night - he was sitting up on the sofa and I was running back and forth checking up on him. He can't swallow when lying down because of the ventilator he had down his throat for surgery. His neck hurts. He's hot. He's cold. The stitches sting. He wants ice cream. He'd like more ice water.

Then the hot water tank conked, repair guy coming between 10 and 2 today. Thank goodness it's a rental.

The sewer smell is back in the "new" bathroom. That, after we had the basement floor ripped up for the ultimate "repair". Argh.

I guess this is going to be one of THOSE days, lol.

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Oh, KaeEll -- you need all of that plumbing nonsense like you need a hole in your head! I'm sorry... Ted is the priority, and I'm sure that with your tender loving care, he'll begin to perk up very soon.

I'm going to take a wild guess at something else too, having been there myself, and having watched Jim recover from surgery -- Ted may still have a lot of lingering fears that he's not expressing in that way. When you've been through something like he has, it's very scary, and those pains you'd normally ignore feel more intense during recovery because you wonder if they're a signal of something more dire. And, while it's nice to be home, and in one's bed, there's also the realization that there's no nurses' station ten feet away...

Hang in there! As Ted's post-op pain begins to diminish, his fears will go away too.

KaeEll · Original Soap Dish Diva

Well, we got hot water back. Just as the repair men rang the bell, Ted let the coffee maker carafe smash to the kitchen floor, shattered everywhere. He was "fixing" it because he didn't like the way I was cleaning it with white vinegar. He wants me to take him to Home Depot to buy another one. Right NOW. Can't, have to wait for genius plumber regarding the sewer stink, said I'd go to Starbucks first thing in the morning for his decaf fix. Grumble, harumph. stalked off to his office. Now the shredder is going full tilt. I don't know what he's shredding now.

OLTL is on. Anyone watching, or trying to?

Moore, you're dead right about the fears, concentrating on every little twinge. I'm trying my very best to be patient and sweet. And this is just the beginning, lol! Now he's moaning about how ugly the incision is, how he can't go to his office downtown looking like this. Well, thank goodness for small mercies, because I suspect if he had a hidden incision, he'd be taking a taxi to his office as we speak.

"Keep your voice down. David Vickers has a very nervous bladder" - Tina to Cristian about her pooch. LOL!!

shellyinphx · Long Lost DiMera Daughter

I am actually almost enjoying OLTL. I suspect that David has something to do with it. Kae my deepest sympathies are with you as you deal with your husband. Hopefully things get better soon. Im still praying for you

KaeEll · Original Soap Dish Diva

I liked the Tina scenes but nothing to do with Nash's funeral. And I never watch TSJ anymore. He makes me want to go clean toilets or something.

I hate to say this, because Bree Williamson is a home town girl from Toronto and she is very pretty, but I'm not liking her portrayal of Jessica at all. She can't seem to get those grief scenes down with any reality. We've had this discussion before, and today it really hit me as way off the mark again. (I think this should be in an OLTL thread, non? Oops.)

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I thought that Bree did a better job today than she did the day Nash died. Those scenes were really WAY over the top!

I absolutely ADORE the relationship (now marriage) between Addie and David, and I adore the new Addie, now that she's on proper meds. LOL!!! I think that she's as funny as David is.

I love the fact that Susan Haskell is back, but it's killing me to see her try to drag some kind of enthusiasm out of TSJ. Yeah, KaeEll -- cleaning toilets. In fact, I might even prefer cleaning that nasty turtle tank over watching TSJ! Poor Susan Haskell. She's such an amazing actress, and now she has to try to get a piece of nonessential furniture to react to her perfectly delivered lines!

I actually posted on the OLTL forum today, which is something that I haven't done in months. Have the writers forgotten that Marty is supposed to have lupus? It was never mentioned with the now-gone Marty, and you'd think that this information would have come to light after Marty's accident, with all the tests they must have done. She's supposed to be on medication!

jojolin · The Naughty Bad Girl

Kae, I'm so very glad to hear the surgery was a success. I do hope Ted gets to feeling better soon. I'm sending virtual get well fuzzies to you and him.

TinaLord68 · The Smiling T.L. Fan

good luck taking care of him. My husband had a minor surgery and he drove me nuts, all crabby from the vicadin and all bossy too!