Outside!

Great Day

I slept in until 9 this morning and called Pam at the hospital.  She had a good night!

She was able to eat some cream of wheat with a pat of butter (ick) for breakfast and she was able to eat a bit of lunch today.  Since she is now able to eat and can supplement with Boost, they took her off of the TPN at mid day today.  They also removed the PCA (patient controlled analgesia).  The only IVs left are for antibiotics.

Everyone seems happy that Pam is finally better.   One of her nurses, Danni, at the front desk:




I went to a local bakery and got the nursing staff some cookies this afternoon.  They all thanked me so profusely, it was a little embarassing.  (The great care they gave Pam vs. some fancy cookies doesn't seem like an even trade to me.)


Late this afternoon, she was totally "unhooked" for a while and we took a walk OUTSIDE on the hospital grounds. Per usual, Pam noticed some things that I never would have noticed by myself.



Vertical Garden

There was a vertical garden against one wall that had strawberries, rhubarb, and tomato plants.  There is a hardwood frame, hogwire and landscape felt inside. Make a little X in the landscape felt for your plants.  Very cool.

There are also a bunch of creative bird houses:

So, we are looking on track for getting discharged on Monday. 

More adventures to come.