Surgery went off without a hitch Tuesday morning (February 21st). So far, Mark is still in the hospital and has been up and around on several walks. Yesterday he was transferred off of clear liquids and given the OK to try some solid food. Unfortunately, that was a short lived victory. By evening time they had decided to go back to the liquid only diet, and then do away with that plan completely and hook him back up to an IV to give him hydration and his pain medication. The doctors say there is too much bloating right now, so no liquids and no solids until the bloating goes away. They think the steroids he had been taking (to help with his lung disease) have slowed the way his tissues heal and that is what is causing the delay.
Otherwise, Mark is still in good spirits, and enjoying all the visitors he's getting to chat with in his hospital room.
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