Marcia here again. Gary was not released from the hospital today, mostly because of administrative issues. I suppose if one has to stay in the hospital an extra day, paperwork is the best of all possible reasons. One, for example, would not want the reason to be a sudden growth of blue hair all over one’s body. Likewise, one would not want to be asked to extend one’s stay so one could wash dishes in order to cover a gap in the insurance coverage.
Anyway, in a nutshell, the resident who was supposed to give the written orders to the Mad Scientist so that he could make the concoction that Gary is receiving through his port and then send it home with Anne, Gary, and the Home Health nurse, didn’t get out of surgery in time to make the cut off time for such orders. Now, everything has to wait until tomorrow.
Gary has also been dealing with a couple of other things today, so perhaps, in the end, it was good he stayed just a bit longer. We’re just glad he’ll be home soon!
Won’t it be good to get outside and smell the fresh air? (Our newspaper claims Portland is having exceptionally fine weather this week!) We hope the other things you have to deal with will diminish and even disappear once you get out of that hospital environment. We send all good wishes to Anne, too, and eagerly await the day we learn you are at home!