Monday Night - January 21, 2013 - Update #3

At 3:45pm Matt was officially labeled a "hard stick" by the phlebotomists. They sent 2 girls to draw his blood yet again and he was past the point of not happy because they tried 3x's with no luck; we later found out that they were fairly new. After keeping a warming blanket on his arm for a bit, a seasoned phlebotomist was able to find the right vein with one poke (whew)! We now ask for only seasoned ones.

He had a few surprise visitors come and go. Nobody gets to stay for too long. If he feels up for talking then he'll talk and if he's sleeping, we let him sleep and don't wake him. Rusty and Hilary Stewart, Brett Carter, and Ronald Stout paid him short visits.

They brought him his dinner of which he didn't eat again. It was a breaded leg of chicken and he hates dark meat, a chocolate mousse pie which he also isn't a fan of, and a piece of corn bread that he said he couldn't eat without honey, he did eat his veggies of peas and carrots though. At 7:00pm we got word that he was ready to be moved to the Neuro Acute care side which is the step down from ICU!! We were ecstatic. They unhooked all his wires and wheeled him away to room 3126. The ride must have worn him out because he fell fast asleep as soon as the bed was parked. We now have what's comparable to an ocean view room of the beautiful parking garage. Now, we wait for a discharge day.

So the high for today was by far being moved to a bigger room with our own bathroom and the low was all the pokes that this poor guy has to endure. It breaks my heart every time some one walks in with a needle.