The last week has been slow going for Dan, with some improvement and some minor setbacks.
First and foremost, yes, he is still in the hospital, still in 314 on floor 3South. We ask everyday about a private room, but no luck yet. He's had half the staples removed from his incision, and he's healing well. Pain is very manageable.
On the 24th he did indeed have both chest tubes and catheter removed, and he became tube free! He only had the IV in his arm for the blood thinner heparin.
For a few days, that's all it was, while they played around with the heparin dose to figure out the right level. Today though, he needed some more blood due to his hemoglobin levels again, so he's got a second IV once more. They'll run a CAT Scan soon, too, to make sure he's not bleeding internally somewhere. There's no evidence of that, but we want to be sure.
I think it's safe to say he's a bit bored. Did you know RCH has no wifi? We're still trying to wrap our minds around that in 2017.
He might be more tired than bored, at any rate. It's still a struggle for him to get a good night's sleep, to sit comfortably, to walk comfortably ... So, ya know. We're going to work on taking longer walks and making our way to the cafeteria and the Serenity Garden, which is the ONLY place on hospital grounds you can go visit outside where there won't be a patient or a staff member smoking, most often RIGHT NEXT TO THE NO SMOKING SIGN.
A short visit with the primary doctor today gave us hope for discharge next week. Of course, we'll let you know more when we know, but it's been a little bit of radio silence because there hadn't been much in the way of change until today.
First and foremost, yes, he is still in the hospital, still in 314 on floor 3South. We ask everyday about a private room, but no luck yet. He's had half the staples removed from his incision, and he's healing well. Pain is very manageable.
On the 24th he did indeed have both chest tubes and catheter removed, and he became tube free! He only had the IV in his arm for the blood thinner heparin.
For a few days, that's all it was, while they played around with the heparin dose to figure out the right level. Today though, he needed some more blood due to his hemoglobin levels again, so he's got a second IV once more. They'll run a CAT Scan soon, too, to make sure he's not bleeding internally somewhere. There's no evidence of that, but we want to be sure.
I think it's safe to say he's a bit bored. Did you know RCH has no wifi? We're still trying to wrap our minds around that in 2017.
He might be more tired than bored, at any rate. It's still a struggle for him to get a good night's sleep, to sit comfortably, to walk comfortably ... So, ya know. We're going to work on taking longer walks and making our way to the cafeteria and the Serenity Garden, which is the ONLY place on hospital grounds you can go visit outside where there won't be a patient or a staff member smoking, most often RIGHT NEXT TO THE NO SMOKING SIGN.
A short visit with the primary doctor today gave us hope for discharge next week. Of course, we'll let you know more when we know, but it's been a little bit of radio silence because there hadn't been much in the way of change until today.
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