The good news is Tom Hall is Tom Hall again -- moreso than any time since he landed in the ER. THAT was a major relief.
Talked to the social worker -- they're working on both getting him a room outside of the ICU and getting him a bed in one of the local rehab facilities. No go on either front yet.
But he's got his appetite back (despite being on a cardiac low salt, low fat diet). As usual, the nutritionists restrict things that don't need restricting and what is allowed is saltier and fatter than necessary. For lunch he had a grilled cheese sandwich and a sugar cookie (plus coffee). He was denied carrot cake or chocolate cake. He said the cheese sandwich was salty and greasy -- not bad, but saltier and greasier than if had made it himself, but the cookie was good.
We had some time and I started making notes on his recollections of playing folk music in Boston in the '60s for "The Charles Street Chronicles". Also made notes for some of the financial duties I have to take over.
He really was much more alert than he has been and all the paranoia of yesterday has disappeared.
I left when the physical therapist came in to get him up and moving a bit.
Mary, the problem is he doesn't really have one doctor. I called his primary care yesterday, but haven't heard from him. Yesterday I talked to the doctor who was in charge of him in the ICU -- Friday it was the hospitalist.