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After eight hours of lying totally still in a hospital bed from 4pm on yesterday after the cath to midnight, I was allowed to move my legs. Talk about needing self control. Couldn’t move neck up, or move anything but my arms. Half an hour after midnight the nurse took me on a walk around, then gave me a sedative and I watched Superman 1 ((I didn’t want watch anything funny because I had to hold the pressure bandage down tight if sneezing, coughing, of laughing) and fell asleep again.

I was pretty out of it right after the cath, my stepdad had gone out for some Applebees sliders for me which Em helped me eat. Ambrosia! Then I remember waking up at 10 to talk to Emily briefly.

After a night of fitful sleep and bad late night TV I got up when Emily came back. Had breakfast and then all my IV ports were removed. Got dressed in pajamas and a leather jacket and wheeled out to the car and now I am home on my couch, limping around as needed, but mainly resting and watching tv. I may get the xbox going later this afternoon/early evening in between naps. I had a sedative right before leaving, it’s lurking around back here somewhere.

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52 Responses so far

1. AliceB on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Welcome home! Relax, recover, and get better soon. You are in good hands.
2. Joshua Bilmes on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Hip Hip HOmeORAY!
3. Michael Thomas on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Hooray!!! It must be good to be home.
4. Paul Crilley on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
hey! Glad to hear you’re back home! Take it easy, man.
5. Jon Hansen on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Awesomeness! Glad you’re home, now lie down and get some rest, fer crissake.
6. Sean M. Murphy on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Hey Toby, great to hear the eagle has returned to the nest. Take care of the intracavity tubes, there, hey–we loves the stories, and we wants more of they, seen?
7. Chris Gerrib on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Glad to hear you’re at home. Now relax and recover!
8. PJ on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Yay!
Happy to hear you’re home. Stay comfortable and get some rest.
9. Joe Sherry on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Glad you’re home, sir. Be well.
10. Wyman Cooke on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Glad to hear you’re home. Get well.
11. Lynn on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 5:43 pm
It’s a relief to hear you’re home with your lady. Rest and feel better.
12. Catherine Schaff-Stump on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Glad you’re out. Try not to be in a hurry to go back.
Catherine
13. dianacacy on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Yay! Take care of you!
14. Laurie Mann on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Glad you’re home. Rest up!
15. Steve Buchheit on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Better to be home and bored off your rocker than in the hospital bored off your rocker. And you better hold that bandage down, don’t want you to blow a gasket.
16. Hugh Staples on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Great to hear that you’re home! Take care of each other, you and Emily!
17. SQT on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Glad to hear you’re home and comfortable. Hope you feel better soon.
18. Jim Hall on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I am glad you are home. I hope you are back feeling 100 percent soon!
19. Daniel Spector on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Damn.
Scary shit, man.
Glad you have gotten safely back home and best wishes for full recovery and an understanding of just what it is you are recovering from.
20. Paolo Bacigalupi on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Welcome back. And remember, never renovate a home.
21. Elizabeth Coley on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Wow. Just read about your last four days! What trauma. I hope normal is just around the corner. However, rest assured that you are in better shape than my nanowrimo protag’s best friend who is currently comatose after the alien symbiote implanted in his abdomen died and necrosed. Blech. Terrible timing as the aliens have just arrived in orbit. Are you allowed to laugh yet? All the best, -e
22. Jaime on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
I’m really glad you’re home. I know Emily is even more glad.
Rest up.
23. Mary Turzillo on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 12:15 am
Rest! Take it easy! Don’t dive right back into the mad whirlwind!
24. Chris M. Barkley on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 12:33 am
Dude,
Glad to see you’re home! I still say that hospital photo make you look MORE like Seth Rogan…So recover soon, otherwise his lawyers will probably drop some paper on you…
25. Kelly Green on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 1:10 am
Glad you’re home. Glad it’s not as bad as originally thought. Take care!
26. Ken McConnell on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 7:14 am
Glad your home, after probably the freakiest week of your life. Rest, relax and get back into a routine again. Oh, and don’t ever scare the hell out of us again, please!
27. Jim Hetley on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 8:10 am
Glad you got out of there! Hospitals is dangerous places.
28. Mary Robinette Kowal on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 8:37 am
I’m so very relieved and glad that you are home.
29. Rich Rennicks on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 10:10 am
Glad you’re home. Hope it all becomes a distant memory soon.
I’m supposed to gut and rennovate a room in the spring. May think twice now…
Take care,
Rich Rennicks
30. Sarah Brand on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 10:13 am
Very glad to hear you’re home!
31. Steven on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 10:22 am
Great to hear you’re relaxing at home now.
Steven
steveneschend.com
32. Geoffrey A. Landis on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 10:26 am
Great! getting out of hospitals is always something to cheer for! Let’s hope all the data they accumulated leads to some useful knowledge about how to stay out…
33. Laurie Mann on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 am
24. Chris, don’t insult Toby like that! 1/2 ;->
34. Gillian C on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Glad to hear you’re home! Take it easy and get well soon. (I have finally obtained my copy of Sly Mongoose. I know what I’m doing with my Thanksgiving weekend. ^.^)
35. crimsong19 on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Well, it’s good to hear that you’re doing better.
36. Heidi on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Good news. Take it easy and I hope they figure out what it was and get it taken care of.
37. MikeB on Nov 24th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Home is always a good place, even if it is Ohio . . .
38. Anders Brink on Nov 24th, 2008 at 5:14 am
You may not know me, but we have lots of friends in common, from Pittsburgh PARSEC group in 2003-2004.
Get well soon.
39. Katherine on Nov 24th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Xbox is the cure all =). Feel better soon!
40. Benjamin Rosenbaum on Nov 24th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Feel better! Glad you’re home.
41. Fred Kiesche on Nov 24th, 2008 at 10:46 am
So, you’re ready for the “Cole Protocol” book tour, then!

Just kidding, rest up and think of great plot ideas.
42. Berry on Nov 24th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Good to learn you’re home and mobile. Continued thoughts and prayers . . .
43. Constance on Nov 24th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Woohooo! You’re home. I’m glad you’re feeling better.
44. lorenhops on Nov 24th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Hi,
good to here you’re on the mend. Just listened to your guest spot on Dead Robots, great interview. Just one question: how do you you read a book a day!?! I’d love to be able to do that.
45. TKay on Nov 24th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
So glad to hear that you’re out of the hospital. Have a happy Thanksgiving at HOME with your loved ones!
46. Pat Logan on Nov 24th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Glad to hear you made it home safe. Have a great holiday.
47. Marguerite on Nov 24th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Good, you’re home! How’d you like Kung Fu Panda?
One of my husbands very close friends had something similar to this when he was about your age. That was, oh, ten yars ago or so. And he’s lively as a cricket.
48. Kate Baker on Nov 25th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Glad you’re home! Don’t scare us again like that!!
49. Kerry on Nov 25th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Home is good – I hope you finished with the concrete busting before this all started because now would probably not be a good time to work on that. Rest up; get better!
50. Beth ADele Long on Nov 25th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Hi Toby — Just came to your blog for another post and saw what’s been going on. All my sympathy. I’m 30 and in treatment for lymphoma, and it’s always odd being a young ‘un in a world of senior health care. Hope things straighten soon for you.
+ Beth +

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