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I'm finally with Steve. They brought him up to the 5th floor of the hospital just before 3 pm. He opened his eyes long enough to know that I'm here and then went right back to sleep. His nurse Kim has been in to check on him and should be stopping by about every 20 minutes. He also has a nurses aide named Angelina (now Zach) and she checks his vitals every 30 minutes. I think his body is thankful to finally crash. He didn't sleep well this last week with surgery on the horizon. The next 24 hours are his chance to catch up on some much needed sleep.

Steve doesn't have an assigned room yet. We are currently in an observation area until they get a room cleaned up for him. Fridays are a big turn over day here at the hospital. They get a whole new batch of patients coming in, but are sometimes a little behind where they would wish to be in checking other patients out.

The only thing he is allowed to have at the moment are some ice chips to keep his mouth from drying out. Apparently he suffered from some nausea while in the recovery room so they put something in his IV to help with that. One of the side affects is drowsiness. Sleep on dear zzzzz.