A new skill?

First: no diagnosis today. The blood did make it to the analysis lab, but the results were inconclusive. So, on Friday, Dwayne is scheduled for a bone marrow biopsy. We were hoping it could get scheduled today, but because he had already had breakfast, the lab was not comfortable with having him partially sedated. We are hoping and praying that they will take him early for the sample and that it will be able to be analyzed on Friday.

Now, a story: While here in the hospital, Dwayne is attached to an IV getting Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda) in a Dextrose (sugar) solution. (We have discussed that he would prefer to consume his baking soda and sugar in some kind of baked goods instead!)

Any time he gets up, he takes his IV pole with him.

Here he is taking a loop around the halls with his good friend "Pole".

He has been taking walks multiple times a day to keep active. The Care Manager stopped by on Wednesday and said that each day spent in bed results in about a week of recovery time needed! So... he is intent on staying active as much as possible!

The funny thing is that the IV tubing seems intent on getting wrapped around him. When he gets ready to get back in bed, he has become quite adept at spinning one way or the other to get the tube unwrapped from around him. I was telling my sister-in-law this and she commented about his new skill of "pole dancing"!!!