Another good day, so far.  They clamped off his chest tube at about 12:30 p.m. and no issues so far with that.  They did an x-ray at 3:00 to check his lung, and I haven't heard the results, yet.  Dave Mason was here for a visit which raised Ron's spirits.  :)  Physical Therapy came in and got him sitting on the side of the bed and then into the chair. He did some leg lifts, arm lifts, and pulled on the red elastic band.  He sat up in the chair from 1:15 to 3:15!
 
Dr. Riley from Gastroenterology came to see us this afternoon for the consultation requested by Dr. Mohajen yesterday.  He said they have been checking stools for any blood all along, and found none.  He said they will do more tests to check for other causes of the anemia, like iron levels, etc.  He also said it could be still low due to the strep pneumonia suppressing the bone marrow.  They will be doing another abdominal CT today. 
 
Ron has had some pain, today from the site of his chest tube.  He had crepitus in the skin around the site, and when they changed the dressing the other day, his skin peeled off.  It has been sore ever since.
 
He also still has a little headache and backache from coughing. He ate a good breakfast, and a pretty good lunch, and they are cutting his tube feeding in half for tonight.  He is napping right now, so I'm going to go out for a walk around the hospital.
 
I'll add more later.
 
 
Thanks for the prayers, cute cards and cheery emails!
 
Love,
EJ