Alex had a great night last night. It's much easier to sleep when nurses only come in for you and not a roommate as well. We washed his hair and spiffed him up so he looks just as cute as a button. :) Now he's drinking his "rehydrating formula" recipe the intestinal rehab team recommended and watching TV. Looks like there is a slight possibility that he may get discharged this afternoon. However, it usually takes a lot of work to get discharged, and even when they tell you you'll be leaving early in the morning, you never leave before the afternoon time. He's scheduled to go down to radiology sometime today to have his Hickman (central line) removed. He'll be on bedrest and observed for a while right after the procedure to make sure there are not any complications since the line is so centrally placed near the heart. Intestinal rehab also wanted some nutritional tests run and we are supposed to meet with them again today at some point. The TPN team will also need to come see us before we go. Bottom line, I'd be very surprised if we actually do leave today. My bets are on tomorrow morning, which is okay with both of us.

I met a very sweet couple last night at Gloria and John's house. I had run by to grab some clothes and take a quick shower and there was another couple sitting in the driveway when I pulled up. Their names are David and Carol and they drove in from Michigan for some follow up appointments at the clinic. They invited me to dinner with them, so we went to a nearby Italian restaurant. It was so nice to sit down for a meal that was not hospital cafeteria food with some nice conversation. We talked for a long time about a lot of things, but most importantly...their corgi "Dottie" and their daughter's corgi "BB King". They both had lots of similarities to Rusty and the lighthearted conversation was a nice change.

Just the fellow and the dietician have been in so far this morning, so I'm sure we'll have more updates later this afternoon. Love to you all :)