David's Journal

This is day 5 now. I finally had my first bowel movement a day and a half ago. That made me feel so much better to get that part done. My stomach had been hurting that night. 
The last couple days the only issue I'm having is food is not very appealing, and my heart rate is in the 100-110 range. Anybody else have issue with their heart rate being high?
Blood pressure, oxygen, and other things are fairly normal. Since I haven't been eating very well my nutrients have been a little low which they have been replacing with supplements. Energy has been a bit low mainly due to the higher heart rate. I am walking three times a day and using my incentive spirometer. My pulmonary valve was replaced good and my tricuspid valve was repaired fairly well. I feel like I'm very close to being on the right track. They ate discharging me tomorrow even with the heart rate. 

Day one in the ICU. It's 7:00 in the morning after my surgery. I'm in some decent pain in the chest but mainly when I breathe deep. Thought the tube out after about 4 hours of waiting. It came out easy. I've been super groggy. It's hard for me to focus my eyes. For some reason I can't read very easy. I've been sleeping like a log since I woke up. All I want to do is sleep