Monday, November 24, 2003 8:26 PM CST
Luke here...Nathan continues to recover well. He is either right on target or a little ahead of the curve. Today they decided in the morning that his chest tube could likely go and that he would move back over to Memorial. We had to wait awhile because the surgeon had to make the call on the chest tube. It was removed and not a big deal at all. In fact, the x-ray right after the removal looked better than the morning shot. Later in the day we found out that they didn't have a bed for Nathan over at Memorial. They were moving their pediatric in-patient ward this past weekend and hadn't finished today. The resident here called over to the surgeon because Nathan really wanted his NG tube out. He was hungry and thirsty (which is great) but couldn't really eat with the tube and didn't even want to try drinking. We got that out and he drank some apple juice and then started getting very upset about having some food. I fed him some soup and jello and he ate really well and tolerated it. That is really great. The surgeon stopped by and said he will move tomorrow. There is a slight chance we can get out before Thanksgiving. The key will be that Nathan will have to be up and walking some. We shall see. He did some good exercising with blowing on a pinwheel and blowing bubbles. He also sat up for awhile which was great. He still needs some help with oxygen though. He still has the epidural and foley catheter. I think he will lose both of those tomorrow.
Susan felt horrible all day. She slept off and on here and didn't feel strong enough to get herself down to a taxi and certainly not to walk home. Luckily, some visitors came this evening and made sure she got back to the Ronald McDonald house. Hopefully she will feel better after a good night sleep.
Things are going well. Recovery hasn't been bad. He slept off the worst of it and is in good spirits.
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