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Just getting all my equipment installed, both for communications and medical procedures. Got my laptop PC with the WiFi (Thanks Tom Fussell), my Kindle book reader (Thanks Dave Decker), my Camera, MP3 player, noise-canceling headphones, portable Hard Drive(s) and cell phone. Got the cable TV and radio (with DVD player attached).My nightstand drawers contain books, newspapers, magazines and pens.

They got my vitals: dropped 5 lbs already!? Temperature? 98.3! Really-no coaching on my part. Got me an IV installed and dripping. Took a fistful of meds, gave a few vials of blood. Got stuck for a blood sugar test. Talked to the floor nurse, the RN and Social Worker. I had hoped to get names and /or pictures for my entourage, but they tend to appear and disappear quickly. In fact one will usually be talking to me to distract me from the other one who is busy poking me with a sharp object.

As is typical of my hospital visits, I get conflicting information. The first thing I had been told this morning is that I was just staying overnight. Well, I had already been dropped off by Grandbaby Momma, who was on her way back to B/CS. I was waiting to get started here before determining when I'd be leaving. My main Doctor told me last week this would be at least a Mon-Fri ordeal. Luckily, he dropped by to reconfirm the time frame. After they analyze my blood works, They'll wheel me out to get a Chemo Drip direct to my liver.

I don't get to eat until then. I have been NPO (Nothing Per Oral - it's hospital jargon) since midnight. Now it's near noon with nothing to consume but an ounce or two of water to wash down the pills. Supposedly , I will have a "normal" menu and be able to #1 and #2 solo. Well, me and a couple of IV bags.

Not only that, but I feel a nap coming on. I made notes and have other stories to tell, but it will have to wait until I'm semi-coherent again.
I'm Roy Gene, broadcasting? - typing? -TYPECASTING live from the Baylor Medical Center in Dallas