Sunday, May 28, 2006

The ICU nursing station at the hospital reports that Stan had a relatively good night and is still stable. He resting more comfortably now, but has been running a fever and doctors are eager to identify and understand the pathology behind the infection.

Tammy, Stan's RN assigned for this shift, said that they had to completely shave his beard off so they would be better able to tape on the breathing apparatus. We are certain Channel Man will highly disapprove of the new "clean-cut" look. Coincidentally, Tammy and Stan's daughter Johanna attended RN orientation together when they started working at Highland Hospital. Even more coincidentally, Tammy knew Stan's granddaughter Kiera from when Kiera did an internship at Highland last summer which included a week spent training and assisting in the ICU.

The hospital staff has recommended that we wait until 11:30 AM before descending on the unit today. We're planning on following their lead and will report back later when we learn more.