Peter brought me to the hospital this morning. It was nice to have him listening in,
too, when the doctors came on their rounds. When we stopped to get our
visitors passes, I noticed right away that Gary was in a different room
again. During the night, they did move him, so now he is in the main ICU
transplant unit where they had originally wanted to move him. Here he could be
monitored more closely. From what I can figured out, this is where they had
originally wanted him, but it wasn't available at first. I was a bit worried
that he had gotten worse so was very thankful he hadn't, in fact, he was a bit
better then last night. His temperature was down, which was a good thing. They
were still treating him with an antibiotic because of the rise in white count,
but none of the tests they have done so far show anything wrong. Depending how
the temperature goes today, as well as how the white counts go, will determine whether more tests will be done. His blood
sugars have also come down although still higher then they would like, so they
have been giving him some insulin. They did take out about half of the staples
(every other one) since the incision is healing well. His temp did slowly
risen today, but still is quite a bit lower then when I left to go home yesterday. He took
a "3 lap" walk around the nurses station this morning and promptly fell asleep
when he got back to his room. He also took a "2 lap" walk around the
nurses station shortly before I came home this afternoon, and was definitely ready for another
nap. He is back on a liquid diet although he has very little appetite. I have to say that overall, the doctors, nurses, and staff at the hospital have been very wonderful to him and kind to all of us. All in
all, he's hopefully heading in the right direction.
Thank you all for your continued support through thoughts, prayers, and other kindnesses shown to us. They have all been very much appreciated.
Love,
Nelly
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