Day 13 - in the "Presidential Suite." This morning - the central line came out. Now - just one tether to the wheeling IV post - an IV on the right wrist. Dave still isn't used to the concept he CAN get up and about - albeit very carefully. Thoughts of walking out of the hospital as soon as they got him out of ICU have left his mind - I hope! Today is the first day we spent over 7 hours together without anyone kicking me out - like in ICU. And it was wonderful being able to do a little work today! 2 conference calls - and one of them with me talking very quietly in Dave's bathroom on my cellphone. Ahh...the little things!
Dave stayed awake the longest today and was the most coherent in 12 days. He still has great long term memory - the other day he and Bob got into a discussion about the Canadian election process.
Salt Wasting - Nurse Sharon finally explained why Dave is taking copious amounts of salt pills - every 4 hours - it's due to "salt wasting." Apparently, when there is a brain injury - the body reacts by getting rid of salt as fast as it can. This causes the confusion and listlessness Dave has had on and off for the past two weeks.
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