Hospital Day 3

This is Donna writing again. Calvin had a very good night last night. He says he "slept like a log". When he woke up he was pretty excited to see yellow urine flowing through his catheter tube. All day long it was pale red in color which is a big improvement. Also, no clogs clogged the line so the catheter never needed to be flushed. After I arrived at the hospital this morning, he wanted to get a shower, so his nurse unhooked him from his IV bag and morphine pump and he took a most refreshing hot shower. His urologist came in shortly after that. He liked what he saw and said he would NOT be doing a cystoscope. He feels the bleeding is on its was to clearing up on its own. He is guessing that Calvin might be able to go home in a couple/few days. The catheter will remain in place when he is discharged. Tomorrow morning he will be back in to check on Calvin again. Today Calvin took his first walk around the hallways. And then throughout the day he took two more strolls around. He is still on the morphine pump. I am hoping they will wean him off of it tomorrow. Before he can come home they want him off the morphine and back on oxycontin and oxycodone. They have also started him back on a blood thinner - Lovanox for now. He played one good game of Canasta (meaning he won), and one lousy game of Rummy (meaning I won). We also watched the first half of "Hatari", one of his favorite movies.