Monday

Today R.J. woke up feeling better than he had since first coming to the hospital. He slept about 4 consecutive hours the previous night, and was feeling pretty good. The doctor came in the morning and confirmed that he had a urinary tract infection and started him on antibiotics. She also let us know that he coumadin levels had reached a therapeutic state and took him completely off the heparin. The nurse came in around 10 a.m. to let us know that they would be moving him out of the step down unit and into another room. It was at this point that all of his other doctors came in and actually cleared him for release into the rehabilitation hospital (YAY)! He was immediately moved into another room, apparently they needed his room in the step down, and we began the waiting game for the paper work to be completed so he could move over to the rehab hospital. Upon all this news, the tiger awoke in R.J. He was immediately anxious to be up and walking around, doing things on his own, and making sure that we all knew not to "hold him back". He was moved into the rehabilitation hospital this afternoon and spent the evening going through paper work and learning the rules. He seems pretty upbeat and is VERY excited to be out of the hospital. The rate at which he is recovering is truly amazing. He is a miracle in motion.