Wednesday, November 16, 9:00 PM. Amy.

Garrett has slept most of the day. I’m going to stay with him on the floor of his room tonight.

So far he seems to be doing well. His heart rate and breathing are normal. His fever has subsided. He has some pain but we’re giving him acetaminophen and that seems to help. We got him to walk around tonight, back to his own bed.

He drank a little water this morning and some Gatorade this afternoon. I tried giving him broth tonight but he only sipped a spoonful.

I’m never going to be able to forget the image of pushing that needle in and out around that swollen appendix, half-expecting it to burst any minute.