7:49pm
Hi! Here’s where we’re at:
1. Nathaniel is OUT of the ICU, in Silverstein 916, with a bunch of other pulmonary and liver patients.
2. He accidentally pulled out his feeding tube so THAT will be a fun conversation with dietary tomorrow
3. I had a great conversation with someone from the liver department (after banning the attending from entering the room, that will ALSO be fun during rounds tomorrow) and I can comfortably say that if 1 was a healthy liver and 10 was a liver that needed immediate transplant, Nathaniel’s is more like a 5 and they want to get him to a 2 or a 3 before he leaves. That is a huge weight off my mind and for those of you who I said “no it’s not an emergency but you might want to make sure you have a suit that fits” you can stand down on the suit shopping.
4. (it is still a good idea to always have a funeral outfit at the ready, unfortunately. just not for Nathaniel right now.)
5. He must be feeling better because he won’t shut up. He always blames his talkativeness on the adderall but I have bad news for him: he’s just a chatty person 😉 especially when he’s tired 😉
6. The doctors are talking about releasing him as early as the middle of next week. That might make my life interesting because Myka has a CT scan and a kidney doctor appointment on wednesday. We’ll figure it out.
7. As for me, despite sleeping for 10 hours last night I’m tired and migraine-y tonight and I’m trying not to be short. I’m not sure it’s working but I am sure that a big component of it is i am hungry so I’m going to go order food and eat it and then sleep in this horrible recliner.