Jacob Silverman's Recuperation Blog

A guest blog entry from the chief protagonist: Long time listener, first time caller. For a blog entirely dedicated to me, it's surprisi...

Jake slept in his own bed last night. He woke up this morning and had coffee outside on the patio.  So far, so good.  We'll be going to ...

It looks like Jake will be discharged sometime today. Like most hospital stays, it will take several unpredictable hours for the documents t...

Jake's stable. Still working on the dehydration issues (even with him drinking a ton).  They are fiddling with it, but that's what w...

Jake got his 15 minutes of fame. There was a "Fall alert" on the hospital PA system because Jake passed out and fell last night. T...

There's a Black Friday sale at the hospital gift shop! 35% off from 6:30-9:30am, and 25% off after 9:30am.  Lots of tchotchkes to choose...

Jake's kidney is working fine. Still generalized pain and discomfort, but that could be C.Diff. or just post surgery. He's in his ho...

Since he's (1) been diagnosed with C. Diff., and (2) needs the IV to replace the prodigious amount of fluids that his new kidney wants (...

Jake tested positive for C.Diff., so he'll probably in the hospital until Friday. It's a Thanksgiving party on the renal floor! He...

No definitive report this morning.  Kidney numbers are still very good.  Heart rate is back down to reasonable levels. Still some achey pain...

Jake's getting re-admitted back into the hospital.  It appears that he has C. Diff (not certain, but possible). That's a hospital-bo...

Jake went back to the transplant clinic for a checkup. He feels pretty crappy, but most of the blood tests are pretty good. A few medicine a...

 He's home. He's stable. Hopefully no more hospital visits until the Monday scheduled checkup. I only have one picture from the fami...

We spent the morning in the ER, but we are now home.  His blood tests show that the important things are working well.  There's no good ...

Tough night. Feels yucky. Back in the ER for tests and such. A bunch of blood diagnostic tests this morning, but all blood tests are good an...

 Or Shady's back.  Whichever. They took the catheter out of his chest today. It had been there for several months, and was quite painful...

 One of the many medications looks like honey mustard dressing. Gross, but tasteless. Foley catheter is out. Dialysis catheter to be removed...

 First and foremost, 13 minutes of Veterinarian's Hospital: Now that's done.  Jake is supposed to have both his chest dialysis cathe...

Jake's been doing laps of the floor every few hours.  But he hasn't been racing against the other patients.  The rules of the floor ...

The head transplant doctor came and said that Jake is on transplant "cruise control". That's a good thing - it means that ever...