Tuesday

6:54 am: After a night of waking up every two hours, having three people try to"suck" your blood with only one success; Matt has finally run out of patience. The second phlebotomist was asked to stop and no one else was allowed near him. Matt requested to see his Dr before any more sticks would be tried. His surgeon came in and said that he's doing really well; however, he must have one more sodium test and it has to be clear before he could be discharged....today! We have had our hopes raised on other things during this little fun-fest, so everyone is being cautiously optimistic. Matt took a shower, is drinking lots of water to get those veins pumping, and they wrapped his arm in the electric blanket to warm it up (this has helped in the past).
Matt's friend Vince Longobardo flew in from FL last night to spend the first half of today sitting and watching Matt sleep, then flew back home at 1:00pm. Not a chatty day. Blood has been drawn but no word yet, and bandages are still there. He also needs to be released from physical therapy which hasn't been done yet.

10:00am: Bandages off! He was shocked to see the incision; at first I thought "oh how sad..." But Starr said that he thought it would look more gruesome.  I texted his buddies the picture, and Jeff Staples said he was a tough one now! I said "unless you have a bigger scar from your lightening strike, I think he's the tough champion!" and he said "oh he's the clear winner!"  haha I'd say...