Ed and Lily the Llama

Ed and Lily the Llama
Ed, a couple of years ago, photograph by katherine mitchell

Friday, June 24, 2011

3:30 Report

More lines go away: the Foley catheter, the arterial and central lines. The chest tube remains until tomorrow. A repeat x-ray at 4, but this morning's x-ray was good. The liver function tests show the liver is regenerating as it should. Surgeon Park came by a few minutes ago, reporting everything continues to look good and he expected that Ed would be on his feet this evening at least for a bit and moved to a private room if they had an open one. Ed, he says, no longer needs to be in the ICU. That is progress.