Will it be happy?

Today, we don't have any major news.  However, over all, things seem to be moving in the right direction.

First, Matthew got to lose his catheter today.  One less tube!

Second, although he is not fever free, it does seem to be trending down.  His temperature is not stable, but was 98.4 around 1pm, 100.5 at 3pm, and 98.4 at 8pm.  At least it seems be trying to move down.  None of his cultures (and they culture everything), is growing anything.  So the temperature is a bit of a puzzle. His pain also seems to be down a bit.  He was on the maximum dose of his pain pill every two hours and a pain shot every four hours. Today at 1:00 he had only had 1 pain pill and 1 shot since 4:30 in the morning.  He is still having some spikes of pain in the 8 to 10 level on the pain scale, but overall it seems better.

His chest x-ray today looked good.  He is scheduled for a CT scan tomorrow.  The drains have slowed to a trickle, so it is possible they may decide to pull one after the scan tomorrow.

They are losing one of the doctor's on the case, as she is rotating to a different unit.  Hope that her replacement is just as good!

Although Matthew seems to be improving, his mood is not.  He seems to be running low on emotional reserves.  Tomorrow will be his 33rd birthday.  I will be more than happy to share any wishes, forward any emails, etc.... from anyone that has birthday wishes for him.  I am sure that his main wish is to feel better and get out of that joint!!

Emily sent this to me yesterday, and since then, I have seen it on several people's Facebook pages.  So forgive me if you have seen it, but it seems kind of appropriate right now.  Today's improvement makes us hopeful that tomorrow will be better (and Happy!)!