5/11 -Day 43 - Our plan backfires

His physical health was pretty good today. He's very ornery, but has fleeting moments of cuteness. The pediatric nephrologist thinks we have at least 4 or 5 more hospital days left. He clotted up the dialysis machine, so that process took longer than usual.

Our previous plan was to stay in the ICU as long as possible before moving to the cushy rehabilitation rooms. As a result of our delays, all the nice rehabilitation rooms are now occupied until further notice. It looks like we'll stay in our ICU room another week, but we're no longer considered "ICU status."

When I came back to the office today, I picked up some more birthday presents that my colleagues dropped off. Thank you to the Chaskes family for the Wedkidz frog, which will get a lot of use tonight (especially since Club Penguin is blocked on the hospital internet server). A special thanks to Jim Miller and family for a beautiful card and message, which was accompanied by stacks of Yu Gi Oh cards and a neat deck box.

P.S. - Happy 37th birthday today to my brother Noel. That's right, 37 years old. An age when most professional athletes have already retired, and the remaining few are considered "grizzled veterans". An age when you may say to yourself - "gee, this minivan has pretty good pickup on the highway". An age when you shop for Dockers, "with a skootch more room in the waistband."