Doing well, but tired and aching....

Dave spent the morning battling severe pains, since his epidural had been placed about three inches too low. And once the spiral of pain had started, it took quite an arsenal of medications to get it under control. By noon, however, he was beginning to feel fine, he managed to sit up in a straight-backed chair, and even walk a lapse around the ward. While he is progressing nicely, there are at times severe relapses of pain, and since he sleeps poorly he is prone to dozing off without warning. Due to these factors he feels it would be best to hold off on visiting him at the hospital, and instead wait until he is at home. That said, he is already turning into his old self, making jokes with the nurses, and befriending his fellow patient.