Yum...Applesauce

Alex's diet was upgraded back to full liquids this morning! He asked right a way if he could get some water and some applesauce (turns out he was NPO...nothing by mouth yesterday, not clear liquids, so even water was not allowed). We had to wait a bit for the doctor to get the order in the computer, but he soon enough was able to try some applesauce. He finished the whole container over a period of a couple of hours with just a bite or two at a time. Taking it slow is the key Dr. Geisler said yesterday. Not too much too quickly. They took out his IV this morning and are using his central line for all infusions now. That frees him up even more! Getting out of bed is pretty effortless now, so he is getting up about every hour or so. We sat in the waiting area for a while to get some sunshine this morning. His spirits are much, much better today and he is much more awake and active today. Below are some pictures of the applesauce eating and other various shots...

New pants, too!

Relaxing in the waiting area...catchin' some vitamin D with a couple of other patients from the hall :)

Carol and the infamous fountain from previous posts. Just so all you skeptics out there know...she was just as impressed as I first was with the fountain :). Really this picture is of all the cars in the background. They are the entourage for the princess of Saudi Arabia who has been residing on the entire 8th floor of the cardiac building. She is about 80 years old and has supposedly been here for a few months now. At least some of these cars are always in the front circle and I guess have been the entire time the princess has been here. This is the most that I have ever seen...about 6 black Mercedes and 6 black Escalades, all with New York plates, very dark tinted windows, and at least one police escort. The drivers kind of remind me of mobsters standing around with their official-looking black suits and diplomatic blue or red ties.

Alex outside Gloria and John's house after we first arrived.

Sunning the first 'mater from our garden. It wasn't quite ripe enough to eat and I wanted Alex to be able to taste it....so we utilized the sunshiny dashboard for part of the road trip to speed things up a bit. It worked, and boy was it delicious!