When we arrived at the intensive care unit this afternoon, nurses told us that Dad's blood pressure had gone back up to normal again. Otherwise, he was doing much the same: "holding his own" and chatty when awake, but dozing again when given a pill for pain relief.
An even bigger change lay in store, however, and this evening Dad was moved out of the ICU and back into a general surgical ward, the ward he was in after his original operation six weeks ago. He is not on any life support machines and they say he no longer needs "intensive" nursing now. He continues to be very ill, though, and it will still take time for his wound to heal, for his appetite to come back, for his arms and legs to become strong again...
