Thanks, everyone, for the e-mails, phone calls, and questions and concern about Tim. I don’t think he had any pain meds on Wednesday, unless early in the morning. He says he’s not in pain, just uncomfortable because the chest tube is still in. I guess they got delayed doing a CT scan that had been planned all day. Once they do that, if everything looks okay, they’ll remove the tube, then probably take some X-rays to make sure his lung stays okay. If all looks well, he should be able to come home. So we’re hoping for Thursday (in time for Survivor!).
If they don’t let him come home, they’ll have to answer to Rex.
I took him some beef stew and cornbread tonight which I’m guessing was superior to his hospital food. He was bored out of his mind, so I came home and got him some books, a journal, a little electronic Yahtzee game (Jim gave it to me on one of his trips here because I got all obsessed with it), and a deck of cards. It would be better if he could get up and walk around, but as long as the tube’s in, he can’t. They can do the CT scan anytime during the night, so I figure it’ll happen just as he finally falls asleep.
Thanks for these updates.
Hey! There you are! (Is that my phone I hear ringing?)
You happy now?
For the moment. 😉
I’ve been busy on the hotwire.com site.
You’re welcome. =)
Thanks for the update.
I don’t know if I hope he has the CT tonight so he can hopefully get the chest tube out early in the morning, or if he gets to sleep.
Where I work, they only do emergent CT’s after 6pm or so.
Trust me, he’d be more than happy to wake up and get scanned if it meant coming home sooner.
A bored Gemini is a dangerous thing.
did they ever say why they thought the lung partially collapsed?
Well it’s the morning after, and I sure hope he got that CT scan. I appreciate all the updates, too.
I can’t imagine Tim cooped up somewhere he didn’t want to be. That is not a happy thing at all.
I sure hope they let him go home today.
I’m sorry that I haven’t said anything sooner, but best wishes for Tim’s swift recovery. (If I was a teacher, I’d mark that sentence “awk” in red ink).
Thanks for the update! Hopefully, by the time I read again, he’ll be home!!
Hope Tim gets to come home today!
Ugh, hospitals. It’s hard to believe sometimes that they’re in the business of making people well, isn’t it?
Well I think if he gets home tonight then he deserves the cash from Jeff Probst, he is the Survivor. I hope he gets to come home tonight, and is on the mend.