Sunday

Well, he was supposed to come home tomorrow but now it might be Friday before they release him. Dr. V wants to run some tests. None of the nurses knew why, all they know is that he's having a CT scan. They took the stomach line off the pump and are using the gravity method now. Still feeding him through the central line in the chest and the navel. He did walk around the whole floor three times today, which is good. The more he is upright the sooner everything in the abdomen will move back in place. He is not in any pain, the incision is healing very well.

I spent all weekend between visits to the hospital cleaning the house and fixing it up so when he came home he'd be comfortable. I asked if he wanted a hospital bed and he said no. Dr. V said he'll be able to go up and down the stairs so he won't have to stay in the bedroom all the time, as both of our bathrooms are upstairs. A nurse will be here to teach us how to use the feeding pump and how to keep the abdominal site clean. He can't wait to be able to eat food and drink again, but it has to wait until the insides are healed. We need to put some weight on this guy, he's all skin and bones!