Another Early Morning

Well, we got moved into a luxury room last night. Miles was the only patient in the area that we were, so they moved us down a few doors into what I consider a hospital room "suite". It's a very big room with a convertible sofa instead of the fold out chair. It also has a nice comfy recliner (that I'm lounging in right now) and a couple of additional chairs for visitors. Best of all, we've got a shower in our bathroom. Yay! Now I don't have to spend the morning waiting for someone to come out of the shared shower room, hoping that someone else doesn't get to it before I do.

Miles is still doin great. We're still getting a lot of beeping from a high heartbeat and low oxygen, but this doesn't seem to be a major concern to the nurses. We had another chest xray at 6 this morning. Not really a pleasant way for either of us to spend our early morning. Needless to say, I think that we are both pretty tired. It's difficult to get a very satisfying sleep when people are coming in to get vitals and give meds every hour or so, then be carted to radiology early. Surprisingly, Miles has been very pleasant so far today. I don't feel very pleasant though. My lack of a decent nights sleep is catching up with me.

There is a chance that we may get released later this afternoon. They're watching things right now. The possibility was posed yesterday, dependent upon his vitals, x rays, and echo. After talking to the doctors and nurses this morning, it sounds like the xrays and echo looked pretty good, but his blood pressure is still pretty high, and that is one of the major concerns. They increased a medication this morning and drew blood for labs. I think that his release is dependent upon a lower blood pressure, so we're just waiting right now to see how the new dose works out. I guess we'll see. It would be so nice to be home where everything is familiar and where we could both have a chance to sleep through the night, but I am still really nervous to take him home. I have pretty mixed feelings about everything.

That's about it for now. Miles loves visitors, but be sure to give a call if you're planning on coming today. I'd hate for anyone to get here and find out that we weren't. Plus, you'll probably want our new room number. Thanks everyone for everything!