Today was the most delightfully uneventful day we’ve had since we arrived. Since my last update, the doctor came in once to check on Michael, said he had no concerns and told him to stay the course with everything he’s been doing (so, snoozing, eating, and walking). There’s no news on the clot because dissolving it will take some time but there’s no evidence to indicate the medication isn’t already doing its job. 

Before I left tonight, Michael said a lot of the things that have been causing discomfort like turning certain ways or getting the hiccups “do not hurt anymore.” That is huge news for him and the first time he’s been able to say that. Overall, he feels like his innards have finally begun to cooperate and do what they need to do. 

The doctors have been saying for a couple of days that they’d like to take out the drain tomorrow and, as of now, that’s still on the table. He’ll get a big bag of liquid nutrition via IV overnight but he continues to drink Gatorade and Ensure with no issues so if that trend continues he will should be able to manage his own nutrition starting tomorrow. His vitals are wonderful so if his lab work looks good, he shouldn’t need an IV if any sort after tomorrow either. At that point there won’t be anything left for the hospital to monitor so… maybe we will be able to start talking about his discharge date again. 

They don’t want to keep Michael longer than necessary because every day he’s there he has to deal with sleep interruptions and the potential for random infections people can pick up during hospitalization. On the other hand, they want to make sure they resolve any outstanding issues so he doesn’t end up in a random St Pete hospital with a bunch of doctors who don’t understand the full scope of his recent medical history. We very much want to go home but we also don’t want to take any unnecessary risks so we and his medical te are taking it day by day. 

This day was really good. 

I’ll be back tomorrow morning with an update after the doctors stop in. Fingers crossed they start talking about booting him out for home. ❤️