Ripp’s Story, part 5—Discharge Day Approaches!

Ripp continues to recover very nicely from his ear surgery and will be discharged at 9:00 Saturday morning! He was interested in food beginning Thursday evening and has been eating well since then. Based on his behavior, the care team has been gradually decreasing his pain meds and this morning switched him over from IV to oral meds, plus a fentanyl patch. No doubt the poor guy has many shaved places now where the patch can be stuck. ;-) Although he’s doing well, the team wants to keep him in the hospital one more night to make sure these changes in his meds are really doing the job for him. Sleep tight big guy, tomorrow’s a big day!