Bill had a very good morning. He was able to eat some mashed bananas and had no trouble with them. He had a good but quick session with PT and OT because the nurses wanted to premedicate him for his dressing change. The wound looks really good and has really shrunk. It is measured every Wednesday and it has shrunk 1 cm in length, which is a huge amount for a week.

He goes to see Dr. Agnew tomorrow for a check-up and he will probably check the wound. He's ordered a chest xray to probably see how his breastbone has healed. The transplant was 2 months ago yesterday. He, Bill, seems to think that there's going to be a procedure tomorrow to fix everything with his throat so that he can eat. I don't know where he got the idea unless it's because he's going to see a surgeon. And, every time we've gone to Mayo a procedure is done. It's really hard to tell with him.

I've noticed that the Percocet really affects Bill's mind and it lingers for several hours. He was given it at 2 this afternoon and he is still somewhat incoherent. He called me a few minutes ago and wants to pay for a marriage license for one of the nurses. He was almost in a panic that we had to do this. I finally talked him out of it and told him to push his red button for Melissa to come in and to tell her he was ready to go to sleep. He said he would do that and she hasn't called me back so he must be ok.

It's really noisy here tonight. I guess that's what happens when a lot of college kids live around you. Some of the fireworks they have shouldn't have been sold to the public. And they are shooting them in the parking lot with all of the cars around. I'm also sure they won't clean things up. I just home none of the cars are damaged, especially mine!

All for tonight. I'll let you know how the check-up goes tomorrow. Happy 4th everyone!