Day 2

The doctors rounded early this morning.  I got here about 8 AM and they came in soon after.  There were so many of them, it was like watching clowns pile out of a clown car as they entered the room.  I counted 12 people in this small space and there were a few hanging outside in the hall.  The nurse practitioner who usually talks to Willie had the day off so we had a new woman asking questions.  She checked his breathing and listened to his heart then stood back.
"You look good," she said, with a touch of surprise "just keep doing what you're doing and we'll hope things keep going well!"
The other 11 heads in the room nodded in agreement and there were a few thumbs up given.  With that, the group turned and piled out of the room.  Only his nurse stayed behind.
"Well that was certainly fast," she said "You're pretty boring which is a good thing on this unit."
"I hope I stay boring then" Willie replied and she smiled.
"So far so good!" She said, then left the room.
About an hour later a knock sounded on the outside door.  Willie's isolated room has two set of doors with a small sanitation room in between.  We shouted for them to come in then we heard voices in the middle room.  It was a man and a woman discussing the health of a patient.  They talked for a few minutes then knocked in the inside door.
"Come in," We shouted in unison.
A tall man in a white lab coat entered followed by a short Asian woman in a black dress.  She was carrying a black back pack that she set on the floor.
"We are from the dermatology department and we're here to look at the rash you have." The man said.
"Ok," Willie said "but it's really not that bad."
"We'd still like to see it if that's ok." He replied
Willie removed his shirt to show them the few bumps that have cropped up on his chest.
"We understand you have been having fevers." The doctor continued.
"Uh...No" Willie answered
"Well our notes say you have a bit of a neutropenic fever."
"I don't think that's me."
"It says you've had the rash for a week?"
"I haven't been here a week."
"Hmmmm," he stopped looking at the rash to pull a paper from his pocket "Are you not Mr. Chow?"
"Nope" Willie said.  I knew he was holding back on saying something like "Do I look like a Mr. Chow?"
"Oh, well it seems we are in the wrong room!"
The woman laughed from the corner and opened the door to leave.
"Sorry to bother you," she said as she left "And your rash looks fine, by the way."
They left and we looked at each other and laughed.
That was our excitement for the day.
Willie has been feeling pretty good.  He is tired and is sleeping a lot, but otherwise, he is doing really well.  We are hoping for more days like this!