A good day at Mayo today. He did well in physical therapy and managed his 30 minutes of continuous walking. He's on track to start the cardiac rehab Friday.

Dr. Landolfo looked at his wound and has released him. It's not draining at all and looks like it is almost closed completely. He said if there are any changes to it to call him.

We have nothing going on tomorrow but Friday will be another long day. He has rehab in the morning and his swallow study in the afternoon. He's not looking forward to that, although it's not invasive. They will give him some different things to eat and drink that have been treated with barium and they will do x-rays as he swallows so that it can be traced. He has decided that they are going to do an operation on it for some reason.

The weather has been beautiful the last 2 days, only in the 80s with a good breeze. We've actually been able to turn the air off and keep the door open.

I'm taking some anti-anxiety meds to see if that will help with the hives. So far it hasn't and this has been the worst day yet. The medicine also makes me sleepy, which is not a good thing. But, maybe once it gets into my system that will change.

I forget to mention in the last post that they re-measured Bill and instead of being 5'11" he's now 5"7 1/2". I know that that is common with age. But, it also changes his BMI. His weight at 150 puts him at an ideal weight. So, we can go ahead now and get his permanent dentures. That will also help his swallow I'm sure since these don't fit well anymore. I still think he looks too thin, but that may be because all of his clothes are too big! Guess we need to do some shopping!

All for now. I'll let you know how Friday goes. We won't have the results until Tuesday and that will be a busy day since we have a luncheon to go to for LVAD patients, and we should get the results of the Monday biopsy.