Colleen and I went up to Edinburgh on Sunday to visit Jeff. He is still in the HDU, but only because they were waiting for a bed to open up on the regular ward. Jeff has made a steady recovery and they were ready to move him out of the HDU on Saturday.
The improvement in Jeff from last week to this week has been remarkable. When we arrived, he was sitting in the patient chair next to his bed. The oxygen mask was gone and he seemed strong and very alert. He pointed out that his blood oxygen levels were very strong.
The best indication that he is recovering is that he finally got into the goodie bag that Colleen brought him last week. The Dr. Pepper was gone and he had made a dent in the Oreo cookies. He even sent us down to the hospital store to buy him some Pepsi. He said that his appetite and his ability to taste were still not full recovered. He does appear to have lost some weight, but I'm sure that it will be recovered quickly.
We had a great visit and conversation. Jeff was looking forward to moving to the regular ward, to the hospital in Kircaldy and eventually back to his home in St Andrews. He told us that after speaking to friends back home in Washington, he was very excited with the possibility that he might visit when he was more fully recovered.
We updated Jeff on the Divinity speakers series back in St Andrews and other town gossip. In total, we visited from more than an hour before he began to feel tired.
Overall Jeff was recovering, in very good spirits and thankful for all the mail, telephone calls and visits that he has been receiving from friends and colleagues.
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