Today Chip was released from the hospital. Since he is doing so "WELL" they wanted to move him so that he could continue to 'heal' and to have less risk for the possibility of hospital infection. I dropped the children off at their first day of Kindergarten and then headed for Durham. I had to be back by 4:15 this afternoon. That meant when I finally got there I had about one hour and ten minutes to get the extended stay place checked out and make sure that every possible thing was handled that I could do.
After falling in love with the front desk people and checking out his actual room I bolted over to the hospital where no less than five Doctor's were in his room and many were lined up at the door. So many discharge papers and so many lists of "DO THIS" and "Don't Do That's".
We are still amazed, happy, blessed, surprised, giddy and all other "GOOD" words that this has happened so fast and gone so well. Normally a minimum stay for a liver transplant patient is "9" days. The 29th marks the 7th day (which was the day he went in and surgery didn't technically start until the 30th in the wee hours of the morning).
Sheeewwwwwww..............................so we do what the Doctors (emphasis on PLURAL) say and we take the anti-rejection meds RELIGIOUSLY. We don't mess with the blood sugar levels and insulin is our new best buddy... well besides "STEWIE". Nothing else matters if we don't keep Stewie happy.
The extended stay facility is in the middle of everything. Shops, restaurants, you name it... it is near. We couldn't have lucked out more on this.
As of right now (12:34 am) on August 29th I can only hope that he is sound asleep and getting some of that rest that he never got in the hospital. I get to get out of bed and make new rounds of banana breads and baked goodies for the hotel staff and the housekeepers who will be taking care of them while they are there. You just have to make sure everyone "FEELS THE LOVE". We have certainly felt it with all the outcome of support and love. What a joy it has been to receive messages, texts and notes during this time.
Thank you for 'SHARING THE LOVE".
Angels on your pillow -----
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