I have been back to the hospital and they said that Steve has to stay in overnight!
He has his own room which is great! He looked so tired and worn out the poor thing...it was quite a big operation really and he is going to have to take it easy for the first couple of weeks he has been told..and he has to have 10 days off work
He has to stay overnight with these pad coverings on his legs and a machine draining fluid I think it is, it is to stop blood clots, he has to have them on overnight and also they want to monitor him as he had quite a few gall stones in the gallbladder so the surgery took a lot longer than they expected.
I was feeding Steve water through a straw the whole time I was there...he was so thirsty and the male nurse kept coming in, he was really nice.
I left after about an hour as Steve was looking very tired and I wanted him to rest. They have given him lots of morphine...actually into his stomach and other pain killers too, I think he is going to have to do nothing but rest for a fair time!
I said I will go back tonight after I have had my tea as visiting times stop at 8pm, but he wants me to relax at home and he said he will just be sleeping on and off anyway...I will phone the hospital at about 6pm and see how he is going
It will feel weird tonight, as I have never really not had Steve home with me all night...I dont really like being home on my own at night...spooky