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 wr...