Recovery Day 22...

and we didn't go back to the hospital to be admitted. We did finally hear back from the transplant team, and they said everything was looking pretty good except one number, which indicated that Ian might still be a bit on the dehydrated side. Not too much of a surprise to me since he threw up once last night and then slept straight through the night. We are trying to push him to drink as much as possible tonight, but worst case he may need some IV fluids at some point tomorrow. Not a huge deal. In other words, he's pretty much clear of trouble for the time being.

He kept everything down today, no issues with that. His bowel movements still aren't quite normal for appearance, but the timing between has become normalized, and his final one tonight was moving more towards normal. All good signs.

Tomorrow, I am set to return to Charleston. The plan is for me to go back, have the weekend to accomplish some things, then return to work on Monday. Work has been more than patient, and at this point, we should be into the easier parts of waiting. Elaine's mom will come to the Ronald McDonald House and help her out, and I'll return to Atlanta on the weekends, we think. I'll probable use some days off over the next bit to get some extra time in here with my family. I think we need that a lot... just some time to re-establish a routine and start life moving towards some yet-to-be-defined state of normal.

Meds are still going pretty well, overall, but we're going to try some things to get it to the point that its great. Elaine has some good ideas to try, so we'll have to see how things go. Overall, I have to say that Ian's been a real trooper through all of this, as has Elaine. Livy won't remember it, thankfully, but she is needing routine pretty badly. I am hopeful that we have, again, turned another corner and we're headed in the right direction again.