Since Monday Wayford has been residing at the Shouldice Hospital in Toronto. What an experience! His hernia surgery was done on Tuesday. By the evening he walked down two flights of stairs (and back up) to the dining room where refreshments were served. On Wednesday morning he went for a walk outside,touring some of the 20 acres of beautiful park land. Then at 11:00 participated in group exercises to an Elvis tune. Each day that has been his routine. One half of the clamps were removed on Wednesday and the rest of them on Thursday. The incision looks great (without even a band-aid covering it). On Tuesday morning a group of 10 were escorted to the pre-op room where they were given their meds to prepare them for their surgery. They were then taken, one by one, walking into the operating room. Some of the guys were awake during the entire surgery but what did Wayford do??He slept through the entire thing. They walked him to the operating table but he has no recollection of that. The Dr. told us later that they kept checking to see if he was breathing. By 8:30 that evening he was still sleeping every time he got still. He did walk up and down the hall with us but then back to the room for another nap. Guess that's the Killingsworth in him. Since every patient there is a hernia patient, they have a good time exchanging their stories, and trying to make the other one laugh, OUCH!!
Things look good and we expect that he should be home today.
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