All about Frank from 1:00PM until 5:30

Johniann writes...
Franks is awake and the breathing tube is out and he is asking lots and lots of questions. He is joking and also thinking alot about his donor. He is already talking about some creative tatoo to go with his new scar. He wants to honor his donor and Barnes Jewish Medical Center in some way. They gave him some water to take a pill and when he drank that water, you would have thought it was the best thing he had ever tasted. He was talking about how he thought his donor may have been a good golfter because is handicapp will drop from an 8 to a 2. He was also wondering if the steroids will hulk him up because he is already wanting to wrestle around with Rudy. All of the medication is causing him to be shaky and he told Susan he was doing an impression of Katherine Hepburn. As you can see he is joking around. Then the heart transplant doctor came in and Frank was really grilling him! Frank wanted to know what his old heart looked like and what they were going to do with it. The doctor said they had a special world renowned doctor at Wash U that is doing research on electrical problems in the heart and they would study his heart. Frank told one of the doctors he wanted his cell phone number in case he needed to get ahold of him! :) Frank is also thinking of food even though he is not really hungry but he is telling us where we need to go for dinner tonight and what we need to order. Franks nurse told him that all of the heart transplant team thought that Frank really looked young, they were amazed athat he was 49. Another really good thing they told him was that it was rare for a heart transplant patient to be as "well" as Frank was. Alot of times by the time a person gets a heart they are very very very sick just days away from death and the fact that Frank was in good shape was a plus. Frank is really looking forward to be doing these posts on his own and he wants to read all the comments from everyone. If you just read this blog that is great but please leave a comment for him because this is what he is looking forward to. The doctor's told him that he will be in the ICU all night but possibly be moved out tomorrow. He has a tube in his chest, one in his neck and some others and they will be coming out tomorrow. He questions all the nurses when they come in about the numbers on the screen and I am happy to report that I see a steady 68 perfect heartbeat. Keep Frank in your thoughts and prayers that the next few days go smoothly. Johniann