As I was sleeping...

...sitting up in a waiting room chair, one of the surgical team recognized me and stopped to talk to me. (All those years of flying coach really do pay off at a time like this.)

Mary is doing great on the sodium and liver progress. They are taking a day by day attitude and they like having her in ICU because of the attention the nurses can deliver. The opinion now is that she is truly nominal and, given no more surprises, she will continue to get stronger.

She was one of the pack when Mary challenged the lead surgical resident on Tuesday. Apparently, a new catch phrase amongst the residents is "The liver numbers are not perfect" for flagging evasive situations. If you recall, Mary dressed the doctor down for not knowing the numbers. Reread the last paragraph of this posting if you don't recall.

All in all, things are much better. We need Mary to get to normal sodium levels and to be strong enough to start doing more nomal things. Sitting, walking, eating, voiding, etc. She did take her first drink of water today as part of a test ordered by one of the doctors. She swallowed successfully and held it down.

Ingrid and Maurice will be here at 5:30 for a visit and then we'll tag team so they can see Mary during the 30 minute window.