Day Six, Part II

Mike is staying put!  This is a relief.  The residents wanted him discharged, but the surgeon said he is not ready yet and that Friday is a more reasonable expectation for going home.

He still hasn't gotten that shake yet, for those of you that asked :), but Karen is taking him one this evening.  The flower/plant/fruit restriction is still in effect, but he did get flowers delivered yesterday in spite of it.

He had the TV on today and was watching the news, which means his vision is getting back to normal.  For a while there it was pretty blurry.  He's doing great on his breathing treatments and isn't hooked up to any IVs anymore.  He still looks yellow, but the doctors aren't concerned.  They did say it could either be from the red cells breaking down in his spleen or from the functionality of his liver.  They are monitoring it, but since they don't seemed to be worried, we won't worry either.

Thanks for keeping Mike in your thoughts and prayers!  We're going to print off the blog comments and take them to him tomorrow so he can read for himself all of your kind words. :)