Friday, August 28, 2009
Back in Room 1937
We had a regular appointment with Dr. Jarnagin this morning, and he recommended hospitalizing Charlie again for a couple of days to treat his continuing edema and other related issues more aggressively than is possible at home. He will also receive a transfusion for the anemia he has had ever since last March. Unlike previous returns to the hospital characterized as setbacks, detours or bumps in the road, this one is really to put him on a faster track to full recovery and make him more comfortable. Continuing to carry thirty plus pounds of excess fluid is very unpleasant, so Charlie is actually happy to be readmitted. By coincidence, he is in the very same room he had last time, 1937.