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Not much has changed for Harvey since I reported this morning, except that he feels a little depressed.  Per our agreement yesterday, I did not go to visit him today, but we did speak over the phone.  According to him, not much is happening, certainly compared to the past couple of days.  That’s a good thing!  Compared to his room in the ICU, the room he currently occupies is very small, old, and dark.  It is a double room, and he is not on the window side.  He did have a roommate for a while last night, but the man was released early in the afternoon.  While Harvey still has the chest tube, he is not as tethered as he was in ICU, so he is able to get up on his own and walk around.  Dr. Graves visited with Harvey late this afternoon and told him that he was amazing in his recovery.  The chest tube will be removed tomorrow, but he will have to continue with the blood thinner, coumadin, at least until the blood clot has dissolved.  Dr. Graves did not seem to think he would need to take it for the rest of his life.  That is good news.  In other words, he is on target for discharge of Friday.

I enjoyed my own Recovery Day today with a little retail therapy.  My friend, Debbie, and I went to the Galleria for some shopping and lunch at Land and Ocean.  Early in the summer, I cleaned out my closet leaving me with a lot of empty hangers.  I needed to replace some of my tops with some that are warmer and have long sleeves.  At lunch, we chose the Halibut in a lemon caper sauce with rice and asparagus.  It was delicious.

As I consider all that has happened, health wise, in the past few years, I feel as though there should be some designation or certification that acknowledges all of the medical knowledge and experience I have gained.  RN, CNA, LVN, LPN, NP, all indicate a certain level of nursing training.  I propose a new designation: CWN, Certifiable Wife Nurse, or in order to remain politically correct, CSN, Certifiable Spouse Nurse.  I know there are a lot of us out there!