Hospital Admission Day

Monday, February 23

The arteriogram is done, and Stu is doing great. There were very few blood vessels to the tumor, which is a really good thing. They didn't embolize anything, since there weren't any vessels there. The test took only 2 hours. Stu was having fun with the nurses--they had to shave a little bit of the groin before putting in the IV catheter, and he asked the nurse to either shave in the shape of a heart or the Nike "swoosh". I haven't checked yet to see what he got....

He has already had his Starbucks coffee, a cookie, and is now asking for a barbecue chicken sandwich. I'm off to the cafeteria to meet his hunger needs. He has to stay flat on his back for 5 hours (so that the groin site won't bleed), which I'm sure will drive him crazy. He did have success filling up the urinal, but expected the pee to be purple and radioactive. Oh well. We are just waiting on a room assignment for the hospital bed.

Here is the big kicker--when Stu arrived back in the recovery area after his arteriogram, he actually let me feed him a cookie, and give him sips of coffee with a straw!! Wow!!