Update as of 2/16 Wed late PM

Earlier today Bill asked to see Sophie and Olivia. This is the first time he requested to see them, which thrilled me. I also thought Sophie and Olivia could visit more now since he has been downgraded to regular wing of the hospital (Room 7787, still on the same building same floor) from the ICU. They had also said they'd take his feeding tube out of the nose after making sure his G-bag is securely in place.

I brought the girls over around 6p. They both asked a lot of questions of their dad, i.e., why various tubes and wires were there. Bill did not want them to see his blackened finger tips so I sent the girls into the bathroom while putting on a glove on his left hand. He was not as alert and engaged as he had been in the morning; it turns out that his blood sugar was 35 due to the fact that he had not been fed any food for 24 hours (they had to do this in order to prepare him for the G bag). They gave him an insulin shot immediately.

The girls and I decorated his new room with the various pictures (of them and of Bill's nephews William and Fitz), cards he'd received so far, calendar, children's art work, and PT instructions on finger and body exercises (all visitors should look at these PT sheets on the wall and help Bill do his exercises. The swallow exercises are particularly important!) We also got his radio tuned to NPR with much better reception.

We had dinner at the cafeteria. The girls had a great time and were proud of paying for their food at the register (of course with my money).

We went back to Bill's room, made sure that his room temperature was warm, had the nurse check his blood sugar level again (this time it was in the normal range of 83). The children sang songs they learned from school, told Bill they loved him. We packed up and left. We might return on Thursday evening if possible. If not, definitely on Friday evening along with some friends of mine.

Bye for now