Visit to the SICU

Today was the first time that Mark has been back to the SICU since they moved him to the ward. It was great to see the look on the nurse's faces when he walked in. I don't think I've ever seen such a reception, with the possible exception of Mark's triumphant return to visit the 4th floor after his liver transplant. Even that wasn't quite as immediate a response, since he looked so different after his transplant that most of the staff didn't recognize him.

What we didn't know - which is a really good thing - is that Mark is the first patient to ever come out of this bed alive. Apparently, once someone is so ill that the bed is necessary, they are usually too ill to survive. I'm seriously glad that we didn't know this, or rather that I didn't know this. (Mark was unconscious and wouldn't have cared.) I would have really been a nervous wreck, thinking about his odds of recovering at that point.

The staff and hospital administration wouldn't let me take a picture of Mark in the "rocking bed", but they did give me this picture. If you click on the photo, it will take you to a page on my website with a larger image and a little more information.

All in all, I don't think I want to ever see one of these beds again. Know what I mean?

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God Bless!

Jules