Day 4 - A New Day

What a difference a day makes.  It was said, by many that Day 3, can be a slump day, a depressing day, a day of inactivity or no motivation, a day of just wanting to heal.  And it was, and I am glad.  It did Sarah a world of good to not want to be active, not want to eat (much) and just focus on resting.

She woke up today a new girl.  She was smiling and went for numerous walks even before her 9 a.m blood draw.  She was eating and chomping at the bit to do stuff, like take me on in a game of War (card game).  The game ebbed and flowed for a while, but we never finished due to other activities - but in terms of card balance, I think Sarah took me to the cleaners.

Sarah catching up on her IMs and video chatting with her classmates.

Judi donated some red liquid to one of the research projects that we decided to participate in, that studies congenital heart defects.  I was going to be donating blood platelets later in the afternoon, so the vampire research lady met me down there to tap into my offerings.  While down there, for almost 2 hours, I did successfully yield a pint of pure platelets (that was an experience) and Sarah got to walk down and see me all stuck and tubed with blood all over.  She got a kick out of that.

Nana Dot and Ed flew in from FL today to see Sarah, which was great for them and Sarah.  We took some walks, ate some food, showed them around the Floor and other parts of our new home away from home.  Earlier Dr. Emani stopped by to say how amazed he was at her progress and though it would not be unreasonable for us to head home on Friday!  Hell Yeah!!  We just had to keep her eating as much as possible.

Also, my college roommate, Jamie Petereson, stopped down to visit with some very nice gifts for Sarah.  We chatted a while and went to Boston Beer Works to have dinner and a beer or two.  Thank you Jamie, that was great.

Sarah and Dad taking on Galaga...

When I got back, there was Sarah and Mom in the lobby running around playing with the musical lighted stairs near the main lobby.  Just having a blast being mobile and free - it made me so proud and happy.  We ended the night going to the play area where they have old-school Ms. PacMan and Galaga arcade games for FREE.  No quarters...  That was fun.  It was a great day and if we get out tomorrow, that will be awesome, if not, we are OK with that too.