Third day, third move

Steve arrived at NYU on Saturday night, via a seven hour wait in the ER. He got a bed on an oncology floor (it was open) and spent Sunday and part of Monday there. The good part was that the nurses and staff were super gentle, attentive, and thoughtful, plus the visiting hours were totally free form. When you're in the Oncology unit, family is welcome anytime. But since Steve's leg problem had nothing to do with cancer, on Monday afternoon he was transferred to a Surgical floor.

I'm not quite sure if that's because a bed was available or because they thought he might need surgery--I wasn't at the hospital during the transfer.

Tuesday Steve moved once again, this time to a "step-down" unit. It's quad room where the monitoring is a bit more intense, though not quite intensive care: a step down.

The fever is lower but not gone. The discoloration and swelling aren't responding as quickly as expected. The docs feel that the progress of the infection needs closer scrutiny. It's something of a setback--this morning he seemed much improved--but heavy duty antibiotics are flowing in various combinations and when I left the hospital at around 11:30 pm, Steve was sleeping and comfortable.

He checks the email on the ipad, so send notes, letters, and interesting links to steve.lipmann@me.com.