Bill now has sunshine privileges! This means he can go outside so we sat by one of the ponds with a favorite nurse for about 30 minutes this morning. I don't know if he enjoyed it, but I did. There was a lovely breeze and it hadn't gotten too hot yet.

He's had a much better day. He was clear-eyed this morning when I got here and responding well to everything and everyone. He's had some pain today, especially when they repacked the wound. Hopefully they will still get it taken care of tomorrow.

Dr. Yip and I discussed putting in a permanent feeding tube in the stomach. Of course if he gets so that he can swallow and chew I would assume that it could be removed. If will also be done this week and will be coordinated around the other surgery. We also discussed moving him to the rehab hospital. Of course that will depend on how these surgeries go, but it will probably be within the next week. I don't know if Bill has comprehended that he's going to another facility, but we'll deal with that when the time gets closer.

All of the therapies have been in today. He cooperated with all but speech and he was just worn out. She came very late this afternoon. She's going to try to come earlier tomorrow. Of course, a lot of the therapy will be determined by the surgery. He sat well and moved his legs well for physical therapy and shuffled 3 steps to his chair. He did some work with occupational therapy and one of our other favorite nurses came to visit and she worked his hands and arms a little more.

Some of our favorite nurses who weren't aware of what had happened have stopped in to see him today. And others are planning on coming by. His nurse today is the one he had the day he came down from ICU and he hadn't seen him for more than a week. He was amazed that he had progressed as much as he has. Another favorite nurse from ICU is floating this week and working on this floor today and has promised to stop in when she can.

We were told today that there are 12 patients on this floor that the transplant team is watching. Not all are transplants, some are LVADs and some are waiting for transplant. But that's a huge number. They usually only have 4 or 5 at 1 time. I know there is another LVAD patient in ICU waiting on a bed down here and an LVAD being implanted at this very moment.

All for now, Bill needs to be suctioned. I'm getting pretty good at sucking the stuff up.