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Hmm, spoke too soon?

Garrett seems to be having a setback and isn't feeling as good as he was two days ago. His blood panel had some out-of-range components, he's eating less food and is less energetic.


Speaking with his care team this morning, Garrett will be staying through the weekend and not heading home like we had hoped. 


In the hospital, it's hard to decipher what's going on sometimes. Is he eating less food because something is wrong, or because he just doesn't like the food here? Is he less energetic because something is wrong, because he's eating less, because he's deconditioned after lying in bed for 2 weeks, or is he just bored? 


We'll be talking more with them today about possible diagnostics or imaging they want to run.


We will update when we know more.

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