As days go, this one was pretty unremarkable. I am resting comfortably in my hospital room, continuing on oxygen although they are trying to reduce the flow to less than 2L if I can stay stable on that.

So far the samples that were taken at bronchoscopy have not shown anything, which is good. We are waiting on the final cultures, hopefully in a day or two.

In the next couple of days I will have a recheck of my lungs via CT scan and an evaluation from the physical therapy team as to whether I can live with or without oxygen. I am told they will do this by walking me around a bit and climbing some stairs. They will measure my O2 Sat during the process and if need be order oxygen for me at our home base apartment here.

The remainder of my scorecard is stable although my Hb/HCT have again fallen slightly as has my ANC.

If the plan holds I may be discharged this weekend. That would be so great. Just a change of scenery would do me well.

In what might be the biggest news today is that I figured out how to turn my Apple Airpods into hearing aids. My hearing is still trashed and at least with this I can hear Sharon and others without their having to yell at me. I do hope that this is temporary. We have a long way to go yet.

Larry and Sharon