Day Minus 6-Change of Scenery

Today was filled with a lot of bathroom trips. A whole lot. Because of all the fluids they were pumping in me they try to maintain you at the same weight you came in at. This means, that if you start retaining more water instead of flushing it out, they give you this medication called Lasix  (furosemide), which is a loop diuretic that prevents your body from absorbing too much salt. This basically means that you urinate a lot. To reconcile the fluids you get pumped in, they also have you use collection containers. One of the nurses told me that in a span of about 4 hours after they gave me Lasix, I urinated about 10 lbs worth of fluids.

Becky and I did a bunch of laps yesterday around E1 Unit. Maybe 25 laps. We also got permission to leave the unit to try to check out the model train at the end of F Unit, in the Children's Hospital, before we were stopped by security. I guess they don't want hospital patients wandering over to that side.

Yesterday evening I was also feeling warm. Not enough for a fever, but I was running a little warmer than normal and had some mucus in my throat. To protect me and my roomie, they decided to transfer me to a private room late last night. So I packed up my stuff and the nursing assistants helped move me, along with my bed, desk, and side table. I guess getting sick or the threat of getting sick is what it takes to get a private room around here. My room is a whole lot bigger than the last one, complete with furnace ducting and all.

Food was good yesterday again. I got French toast, eggs, and sausage for breakfast; meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy for lunch; and trout with rice and corn for dinner.