Recovery

Hello friends, I finally found out how to use the Internet from my hospital bed so I can use email which has made the day go by a little faster. Today was a day of much improvement for both Erica and myself. I got a decent nights sleep last night which is the first in three days. They took the oxygen out of my nose and they got me off the drug drip. I am now on oral medication that I take every five or six hours. I am really hoping to have this catheter out which is definitely the most annoying part of this whole process. I was able to walk around the hospital quite a bit today and am becoming pretty mobile. I had plenty of friends and family float in all day which made the time pass rather quickly also.

The kidney has been doing its job to say the least. The three major concerns for me were, Creatine, Phophorous, and Potassium levels in my blood. When I checked in on Tues they were 8.3, 7.7, and 5.0. Now they are all running on normal human being levels of 2.0. 3.3, and 4.5. This doesnt mean much unless your in the know, but trust me its really good news.

Hopefully tomorrow Erica will be checking out and I will probably follow on Saturday. I cant explain how excited I am to complete this chapter and start over. I just want to get back to work and normality. For the people that I work with just to let you know, I would do anything to sit down with a Branson exchanger right now. Just to get back in the groove. Thankfully there is a doubleheader NBA on TNT tonight so I will be farely occupied until then. Im sick of watching Roseanne and Saved by the Bell. Although I am again appreciating how cool A.C. Slater really was. See yall later.

Lee