Today is a better day! He was still pretty negative when I got here this morning so I told him that he's the only one who can make it better and he had to work harder to get out of here. He said he slept pretty well and had gotten up about 6.

He ate all of his breakfast and when Dr. Hosenpud came in he told us that the echo and bubble test did not show any problems with his heart as far as the low oxygen level is concerned. He also stopped one of his medications. It's now just a matter of healing and regaining strength.

Tina wanted the stitch holding his drive line taken out because it's very hard to get under it to clean it properly. But Rob, the technician, looked at it this morning and didn't want to remove it yet. It's still pretty open on one side and he's afraid that if it's moved the line will get caught and pulled. Tina is afraid of the same thing, only with keeping it anchored where it is. So, it's a stalemate but I think the technician will win out. My fingers are small enough that I can get a finger between the layers of gauze and get under it. Since Rob had to look at the wound today we got his dressing change out of the way early. Usually it's done in the afternoon.

Occupational therapy came in and it was a new girl today. She didn't want to just exercise his hands and arms, she had him doing some leg lifts and then got him into the bathroom to shave! As far as I could tell his O2 stayed up pretty good.

As soon as that was over it was time to order lunch and finally take a walk. He did fine and didn't seem to be too tired when it was done.

He's still not eating as much as he should. He said nothing tastes good. He would be content to have just a cup of soup. I've told him since they've already got him on 2 kinds of supplements that he'll have to force himself to eat to get better.

So he's had a very busy morning and will have to be pretty active this afternoon since he still has to walk at least 3 more times today. But, his attitude is better than yesterday.

All for now. We'll see how the afternoon goes!