Grand news, Danneaux! Especially the bit about walking the halls. I've always, even before it became medical orthodoxy, been convinced that being on your feet and getting your blood circulating is a positive step (unintended pun -- sorry). Then, a few years ago, I saw this documentary on the BBC in which they were basically trying to prove that the British National Health Service is superior to the American health system because the Americans had only one heart to transplant among three men who needed it. From the video I took away an entirely different core conclusion, saying to Roz, "That guy is a survivor. They'll give him the heart and he won't reject or waste it." He was the one shown endlessly walking the halls. Not long after that, there was another documentary, about hand transplants for people who'd lost their hands in industrial accidents, and here once more my observation in the earlier, heart, doc was borne out: the active transplantee was the one whose transplant took, while the hands given to the other two had to be removed again, one for not taking and becoming visibly unhealthy, one for a psychological rejection. So I added the right attitude to my short list of Right Things To Do If You Want to Escape Hospital (In A Better Condition Than You Entered).
Keep up the Good Work!
