Even though the night crew worked hard, they weren’t able to get Ben up and walking. Ben spiked a fever last night and they weren’t able to get him completely off of oxygen yet.
So this morning the new goal was to get up and walking. The respiratory therapist came and beat his chest to “wake up the lung.” He worked on his breathing exercises all day yesterday but he is still struggling to get all of the junk out of lungs.
Then we got Ben up and moving. So he did it. Twice. Awesome.
He got his arterial line out. So we just have two more I.V.s to go. They are increasing his diuretics and decreasing the amount of liquids he can consume. As long as his next X-ray looks better, he is getting moved to the 15th floor (which is the cardio-vascular regular floor). He really wants to go to that floor. Being on that floor means getting to play and go to all of the fun places in the hospital. So that is the goal!
The Puddles 
Ben, you’re my hero! Wow. And wow.