Michael had another great night and said it was “the best he’s had since surgery.” His labs continue to improve daily and his vitals are just terrific. 

He is still cleared for soft foods and eating with no issues. The doctors told us this morning that they want to continue to monitor his nutrition intake and fluid retention for the time being so there are no surprises when he returns home. To that end, they said we can expect to be here at least another week. 

As you can imagine, this was a bit of a surprise but we will make it work because we know it’s what’s best for Michael and is in no way a setback. It sounds like it has more to do with the fact that we live too far away to pop in for a doctor visit if anything seems amiss. 

I’m going to turn off comments on this post because so we have some time and space to process this unexpected development but I’ll be back this evening with an update on how the day went. ❤️