Where did the day go?  My day has been consumed with making sure R has what he needs.  I spend alot of time just checking to make sure he's doing ok.  He had a great night last night - slept really well.  (which means I got some good sleep too) He woke up at 6 a.m. - got his wonder drugs and fell back to sleep for another 2 hours. It's really the first good sleep he's had since surgery last Tuesday.  He didn't get much sleep in the hospital at all.   He did manage to get a shower which felt wonderful to him.  It was an ordeal - but we conquered.  He took a couple of walks around the house and set in the living room and talked with some company.  He laid down for some down time and then the pain in his hip became unbearable.  Sort of took the three steps forward earlier in the day and then he got moved backwards two steps.  He really had no appetite today.  I guess tomorrow I'll get him the wonderful nourshiment in a can and make him drink it. 

He really needs your prayers to get past the next few days - we know he's healing from the surgery - but the other complications that creep up are worse than the 4" war zone on his back.  Keep praying for the unknown that will surface very soon.  Your prayers, phone calls, emails, visits, encouragement all mean so much to us all.