document.write('\x3cmeta http-equiv=\x22x-dns-prefetch-control\x22 content=\x22off\x22/\x3e\x3col class=\x22tumblr_posts\x22\x3e\x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eYep. Going home.\x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a \x3cp\x3e6:31pm\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3e:-) \x3c/p\x3e\x0a \x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x3c/li\x3e\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eDone?\x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a \x3cp\x3e6:23\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eLooks like the doctor is letting us go early, since MM isn\x26#8217;t bleeding, and is successfully up and about. :-)\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e-Micah\x3c/p\x3e\x0a \x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x3c/li\x3e\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eCrackers\x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a \x3cp\x3e6:15pm\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3eMM is eating crackers now. It\x26#8217;s her first solid food since breakfast.\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3eAnd ginger ale too. Not solid food. But it\x26#8217;s food.\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3eWell, it\x26#8217;s not food necessarily. It\x26#8217;s beverage.\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3e-Micah\x3c/p\x3e\x0a \x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x3c/li\x3e\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eDebriefing\x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a \x3cp\x3e5:58pm\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3eThe doctor is telling MM what to expect in the next few days, what to do and what not to do. Etc.\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3e-Micah\x3c/p\x3e\x0a \x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x3c/li\x3e\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eCatheter out, bandage applied\x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a \x3cp\x3e5:45pm\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3eThe hour of waiting begins.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a \x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x3c/li\x3e\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eAnd it\x26#8217;s going to be another hour and a half\x26#8230; .\x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a \x3cp\x3e5:18pm\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3eThe doctor says that after she takes out the catheter, she\x26#8217;ll have to apply pressure to the wound (as it were) for \x3cem\x3eat least\x3c/em\x3e ten minutes. Clotting must begin, you see, and it takes ten minutes minimum, she says.\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3eThen we have to hang around for another hour for observation.\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3e-Micah\x3c/p\x3e\x0a \x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x3c/li\x3e\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eIt\x26#8217;s called a \x26#8220;catheter\x26#8221;\x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a \x3cp\x3e\x26#8230; evidently.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a \x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x3c/li\x3e\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eThe doctor has arrived\x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a \x3cp\x3e5:12pm \x3c/p\x3e\x3cp\x3eThe doctor has arrived, and will do the whole removing-of-the-lines and debriefing thing, I suspect. :-)\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3e-Micah\x3c/p\x3e\x0a \x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x3c/li\x3e\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eWaiting\x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a \x3cp\x3e5:00pm\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3eWaiting for the doctor now, to take out the ports or lines or whatever they are.\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3e-Micah \x3c/p\x3e\x0a \x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x3c/li\x3e\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eTotally unhooked\x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x0a \x0a \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a \x3cp\x3e4:40pm\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3eAlthough she\x26#8217;s a little shaky, she can now get up and walk around. She\x26#8217;s completely detached from the machine. The ends of the lines are still in her neck; it\x26#8217;s just they\x26#8217;re capped and aren\x26#8217;t attached the machine anymore.\x3c/p\x3e \x3cp\x3e-Micah\x3c/p\x3e\x0a \x3c/div\x3e\x0a \x3c/li\x3e\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a\x0a \x0a \x0a\x3c/ol\x3e');