Everything is lined up to go home tomorrow. He has met their medical criteria for discharge. He's pooping and peeing, albeit somewhat irregularly. He's eaten a little bit, graduating to a few bites of toasted cheese and apple this evening.
More importantly, his chest xrays, ekg and echocardiogram all looked good.
Ben's getting in and out of bed fairly regularly and with decreasing effort, and he met mom at the entrance to icu this evening when she arrived. He spent significant time sitting up in the chair, too. He took a couple good naps along the way today. I think he'll miss that adjustable hospital bed.
There will be a good deal of strength to rebuild and stamina to recapture, but he is on his way.
They'll be sending him home with a portable heart monitor which I'll learn more about in the morning prior to his discharge.
I'm sure that in a short amount of time Ben will be ready for some visitors at home, enjoying his favorite foods again, and playing those drums. It feels like we've ascended from the valley and are climbing toward those peaks of health and wholeness again.
What a miracle! Isn't healing an amazing process? Let us know how we can be helpful.
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