Hi old friend! Sounds like things are at least moving in the right direction! Of course you have all my best thoughts coming your way but let's see if I can come up with something else.

I dunno' what you can do to pass the time in hospitals where you are but god knows I'm an expert on it here in Ohio! You need the music for sure but you need other amusements as boredom will kill you faster than heart disease or cancer! So take the small things and trat them as BIG things. For instance............

Do you get to pick your meals? Here most get a "menu" appropriate to their illnes with some selections. Spend too much time thinking about this and choose carefully. Sounds silly I know but it works and you can also check and see if you can get something additional......many times you can. If so get it and save it for later like you're pulling something illegal. Or save something to eat later and eat it in a special place, even a chair out of bed or the side of your bed will do. It just have to be different. If you have jello, eat it in a pattern. Find how slowly and neatly you can peel an orage. If you took small bites before, take even smaller ones and extend the meals and snacks as long as possible.

LOL.....I know that all sounds nuts, but then again, so am I. Get into the details of nurses and docs private lies.....its amazing how much some of them will ramble on with just the occasional question as a prod. Go past the nurses staion on your walks so often that ou gather info.....After awhile you can learn all sorts of useless crap and then ask one of them a question about something you shouldn't know. Freaks them out but they generally understand.

Its all dumb but then again its all boring!!! I'll be holding good thoughts!

Spaw