John looked like crap today. Hard to imagine he seems to be slightly more comfortable. He didn't sleep well, as usually is the case in a hospital. And he is kept mighty busy during the day. Today he had a visit from the social worker who spoke with me yesterday and some physical therapy (very little since he's pretty weak). He also had a visit from a speech pathologist to check his swallowing ability. Tomorrow he undergoes a swallow study. I don't know what's all involved with that. He's been limited to a soft diet and he's not real thrilled with that. His liver specialist told me today that he thinks another infection is brewing. His white count is up again slightly and there's a stone in a bile duct. They're going to do an MRI. This may require an endoscopic procedure, which is very risky for someone in his condition. We'll know more tomorrow.
On the bright side, I ran into an old friend at the hospital. She's a nurse-practioner at UPMC and she was passing the elevator as I was getting off. It was great to see her and we'll meet for lunch or coffee one day this week.
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