The Good--Eric is a free man today! At 1:00 p.m. he was officially unhooked from his Siamese twin the IV pole. They have been constant companions for almost five weeks. The IV pole has been his faithful sidekick through this whole amazing process. It has been much more loyal to Eric than I have been. It has been there for every walk, every shower, every nap, every meal, morning, noon and night. The IV pole's constancy through the good times and the bad puts me to shame. I can never hope to compete with its five week attachment to Eric.
The Bad--After a week of climbing ever higher, Eric's neutrophils plunged from yesterday's high of .7 to .4 this morning. Why are neutrophils so fickle? Why can't they have the loyalty and devotion of an IV pole?
The Ugly--Two words: hospital food. To elaborate with six words: Five straight weeks of hospital food!
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