Jim is up at 7:00am, restless. He calls a couple friends to check in. He is in good spirits. I fix him cereal for breakfast, he has some fruit to go with it. He plays with Phaedra a little. He is up for about 3 hours before going back to bed.
His blood draw is at 3:00pm so we show up at 2:00. He wants all the results available before he sees his clinic team. They check him from stem to stern, he checks out well. They are happy with the progress. His blood numbers are good, he's eating well, his standing bp is adequate. They tell him he does not have to the home IV tonight. As long as his numbers are still up tomorrow and he gets plenty of fluids, they can discontinue the home IV (yeah!!). We leave the clinic and go back to the motel. He's a little tired from being up so long, he'll take a short rest.
We head up to the nearby Thrift store. We snag a really good milk-house heater for next to nothing. It'll help warm up our bathroom. We go shopping at Albertson's and pick up some canned fruit. Jim's done for the day and we go back to the motel.
He eats good - 3 servings of vermicelli noodles with butter, french bread, a fistfull of almonds.
He is playing with Phaedra and is in a good mood. We watch a few shows on the computer and head to bed. He sleeps pretty good.
Today was a really good day.
Deb
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