Late Post Wednesday, 9 pm

A kind of up and down day. Too much hiccups, first of all. And now, as this hospitalization winds down, all coordination seems out the window. Some nausea this morning, so the docs put the antinausea med in the iv line and then an hour later ordered the line to be removed and couldnt seem to be found for 6 Hours or so to write a order to get it by mouth. Other
stuff, largely technical slips, none of it critical, i think, but it all made ed less confident, i think. Right down to a general agreement that we would leave the hospital tomorrow and go somewhere. The surgeon made a sudden pitch for our staying nearby for another five days. But to do so required some rearrangements of rooms at tnus place we are staying. Got that done starting tomorrow. Then a few hours later, another surgeon came by and announced ed would be discharged in a few hours. I said no because we had nowhere to stay until tomorrow night. He backed off.

Clearly the stay is "too long" given medicare reimbursement, and while they wont push him out too soon, there is some sense suddenly of push. And no oneclearly has any idea of what it is like to not actually be close to home. Things we are supposed to have easily in our possession. Does he have a cane? Yes, he has access to one in point roberts, where we are not going because of border crossing issues on a holiday weekend and because we need to stay here, maybe, for another five days. Do we have protein shakes in the fridge? I dont even know w hat a protein shake is or where you buy them. Can do it all but it isnt just available instantly because i dont live here and will have to find a drugstore, eg.

Things like that kept coming up all afternoon. We will work it out, but it aint smooth, campers. Breaking up is so very hard to do.... And ed is feeling the worse for the sudden tension.