Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. ~ Khalil Gibran

Rev Kane’s Wild Ride: Milestones

First of all tonight, thank you for indulging me, I imagine you’re all getting relatively bored and tired of the heart surgery posts, I’m sorry but it’s kind of the whole ball of wax for me at the moment. As you can see, the swelling and bruising is lightening up and the incision line looks pretty good.

Pre-surgery I had set myself a number of goals. Survive, wake up the day of my surgery, get walking the next day. Little did I know one of my goals would quickly become a first bowel movement. A big goal was getting out of ICU quickly and then getting home. A huge goal/milestone that I achieved, was throughout this process never having to have someone else wipe my bum.

At home, the first goal was getting up the stairs to my apartment, all 12. I expected it to be a slow deliberate process, I was ecstatic to walk straight up all 12 without a pause. I have walking goals from my doctor that I’m absolutely meeting. I had goals about how long it would take me to stop sleeping in the camping chair, buying an adjustable bed changed and achieved that, still the best decision I’ve made post surgery. It was an exciting day when I actually put on a shirt that pulled over instead of buttoned up.

Tomorrow is a big goal, 21 days post-surgery. Tomorrow I meet with the surgical team and if they’re happy, they wash their hands of me and fully hand me back to my cardiologist. So here’s hoping I make the next big milestone tomorrow. The next really big milestones are being cleared to start walking uphill and week 6, the shortest time my breastbone could likely heal, and week 8, the longest it should take.

I hope you’re making some of your own personal goals and milestones this week and that of course you’re having a happy day my friends. ~ Rev Kane