Last time, on We Heart Josh: our feisty protagonist, Josh, and his trusty sidekick, Robbie, had packed up their humble wagon and set out West on their own Grapes-of-Wrath-style adventure, in hopes of finding good fortune and better tacos. We now join our duo in Austin, Texas, 3 weeks later,
It's been nearly six weeks since we missed a flight to Nice, France. As you may recall, our friends were about to be engaged, and Josh and I were en route to teach them all about a happy and lifelong union. Instead, we did two weeks in as
Hello! I arrived in Mississippi on Monday and have slowly been making progress throughout the week. I thought running suicide drills on hills throughout all my years of cross-country was rough, but this is definitely one of the hardest things I’ve done. I am trying to keep a positive
My boo has busted out! Josh will be headed to McComb, Mississippi to recover at his parents house. Unfortunately, our abode in Austin is chock full of steep stairs and feral dogs, neither of which are optimal for heart surgery recovery. I am on a plane to Austin right now,
From Josh: Well I’m breaking out of here on Monday! Doctors wanted me to have another day of rest and recovery before heading to Mississippi. I’m so glad too, because I ended up walking 5 laps today and increased my oxygen!!! Simple tasks like brushing my teeth and
In lieu of my repertoire of witty repartee, tonight we would like to feature a message from the patient himself. I want to say thank you for your kind words, love and support these past few weeks. What a journey it has been and I can’t believe I made
Josh is doing really great today. He's up and around walking, and made about 1 and 1/4 laps around the ICU unit today. He's also been sitting upright in a recliner chair most of the day. Josh said that sitting up in the chair has
Good evening! We have seen such a transformation in Josh from the time he came back from surgery until this evening. One of the first big tests after a cardiac operation is to GET UP! Poor Josh had been lying flat on his back for 10 straight days. He started
Morning! Josh is in a good bit of pain, but he’s being super strong. The staff is removing his balloon pump as we speak; hopefully by this evening or tomorrow, Josh will be sitting up and trying to walk a little. While Mrs. Malone and I are breathing again
Josh is resting right now. He is no longer intubated, but he does have a number of IV lines and a good number of IV meds at the moment. The nurses tell me that we’ll start to see them be removed overnight until he will have just one IV
SURGERY IS COMPLETE! Dr. Keeling said that everything went great! Josh is getting finished up in the operating room and will be back in his ICU room later this afternoon. He likely won’t be awake until much later this evening, and even then he will be on a lot
Everything is still going smoothly in the operating room. Josh is now on the heart/lung bypass machine and doctors are working on grafting the arteries to his heart. We hope to have another short update soon.