Day 237 - DISCHARGE DAY!!! AFTER 8 MONTHS!!!
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 Late Night/Early Morning: The night nurse tried to convince Mom and Dad to go home for the final night and that’s she’s got James covered. This is always tempting, and after way too many fails, Mom and Dad didn’t want to risk anything for the final night. So, Dad stayed and thanked the nurse for owning everything so he can sleep due to not getting much the previous 4 nights. She agreed and said that James is her only patient tonight. PERFECT! From 11p-12:30a, the nurse was good and helpful. Then she disappeared. Dad attempted to go to sleep, but James didn’t want that to happen. He was fighting sleep (I guess he was excited to get home too). The feed alarm was beeping for 15 minutes, which shouldn’t happen. A good nurse comes in after 1-2 minutes at most. So, dad assumed she got another patient. Nope! She was on lunch and didn’t have anyone cover her patient. She comes in and says “sorry about that, I’ll prep the ...