David's Journal

So far, great news is that my heart is doing well. They repaired my custom valve and my pulmonary valve was replaced. Have had no afib. Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time getting my lungs to improve. I'm also having a hard time coming off pain meds. I still need to take close to a full dose of Tylenol to keep the pain down enough so I can cough with little pain. I'm wondering if I'm overdoing things during the day when I'm not hurting and then injuring something in my sternum. Has anyone else had issues with prolonged use of medication?

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

So here's the deal. I am a night owl. I prefer staying up until midnight before going to bed, then sleeping until 10:00 the next morning on weekends.
I am not a morning person!
My surgery this Thursday, is scheduled for 7:15 a.m.
I need to be at the hospital 2 hours before surgery time. I also have to get up to take my meds and shower 2 hours before I get to the hospital. That means I need to be up at 3:00 a.m. Thursday morning! I don't know how I'm going to get any real sleep that night. Did any of you Heart Warriors have any issues getting any rest the night before your surgery, especially if your surgery was early in the morning?