Second report

Not much has changed since I arrived at the hospital.  I continue to get my finger pricked 6 times a day but I think the doctors have decided that I DON'T have diabetes and therefore I have a green light to get on with rheumatism treatment.  No one seems to know why the numbers were so off and they say that I'm an "unusal case" but isn't that true of any of us that are in the hospital because something has gone haywire with our inner workings.  I'm very happy though to have that worry erased from the slate.

So, as things go, I'm rather a healthy patient in this hospital...

I'm still eating the diabetic diet and that looks like it is going to stay in place the whole time I'm here.  It is enough food for me though I miss crunchy things and sweet things of course.  It is getting kind of boring and is rather bland, but as I'm not having to do the cooking and cleaning up I'll just be grateful for the healthiness of it.  Noodles for lunch yesterday, with carrot shumai, vinegared greens and mango chunks...

Dinner was rice, salmon, boiled vegetables and grated radish.  Yogurt cup for dessert.

As for painting...When Tetsu was leaving the hospital grounds he took a picture of the hospital from the parking lot and sent it to me and it seemed like I should try painting it.  As you can see, this is a major hospital, and people are here from all over the prefecture to get help.  I feel I'm in good hands.

This was my painted rendition of it.

And a doodle in my bullet journal reminding me of all the blood tests I had the first day I was here.

I'm hoping to be able to go home on Monday!  Two days away!