Good Night.

Glass Nickel Pizza is good! We enjoyed a large cheese and pineapple pizza (a favorite of Katie and I), and with a little help from Reid and Amy, demolished the whole thing!

The only real technical difficulty about leaving the hospital is that Katie no longer has the benefits of a power-driven bed -- a real problem for someone who can't easily sit up on her own! Thankfully, my friend Julie once told me about how she had to roll herself out of bed after a non-elective c-section with her first son, and we have utilized the technique, given the similar nature of the incision. Katie is starting to get the hang of it, but the hotel bed is awfully high above the ground (and Katie is not awfully high above the ground), so there is an added degree of challenge.

Our goal for the morning is to walk the two blocks from the hotel back to the hospital. The fresh air will be good for Katie and we plan to take our time. Also, we'll plop her into a wheelchair immediately upon arriving at the hospital because we don't want her to overdo it, and it is a BIG hospital. Tomorrow, after breakfast, Katie and Paula want to show me the transplant center, where they have a big wall with the names of all of the live donors. Soon, Katie's name will be on that wall! Also, we've been told by Paula's surgeon that we should take a walk through their new Children's Hospital, which disturbingly enough seems to be named after an insurance company (American Family...you know you've heard their jingle...), who probably gave a huge load of money toward building it. The surgeon suggested that the problem is that it is lovely, build like a hotel (with long hallways), but slightly impractical for treating small people who often can't walk and have IVs and other equipment requiring ongoing staff attention.