By The Numbers - An Update

 The following is Derek's hospital stay by the numbers, as of the day he became an outpatient (I previously did a similar entry, but now that he is an outpatient we have a copy of his discharge paperwork, so I was able to get this to a more accurate count).....

Days in the hospital - 228 days

Days at NNMC/WRNMMC - 222 days (one day more than seven months to the date of his arrival)

Surgeries - 36

Procedures - 19

CT Scans, X-rays - too many, I lost count! Basically, he glows and his kids will be born with three arms.

Blood products - 129

Days in SICU - 53

Days on ventilator - 54

Days on oxygen - 98

Days on contact precautions - 114

Number of Medications (inluding vitamins and supplements) at discharge - 16

Medical teams involved over course of stay - 34
Trauma, PM&R (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation), Orthopedics, Orthopedics Hand, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Urology, Plastics, Nueropsyche, Infectious Disease, Gastrointerology, Hepatology, Nephrology, Oral Maxillofacial, Dental, Anesthesia, Radiology, Acupuncture, Social Work, Behavioral Health, TBI, Audiology, Assistive Techology, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Respiratory, Complex Wound Team, General Surgery Wound Care, General Surgery Colostomy Care, Dietary, Amputee Clinic, Seating Clinic, Speech Pathology and Nursing.  Now that he is an outpatient, add Warrior Clinic.

I cannot even begin to count the number of doctors! We went through three primary residents on the trauma team, Obi, Ben and Diego, and two on the PM&R team. There have been numerous interns and residents that have cycled through. Residents change about every two months and interns every four weeks, but that might depend on the service. Attendings are supposed to stay the same. 
As for special visitors, I could try to count, but I would probably lose count halfway through. We've had Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Rodney Freylinghuysen Congressman from NJ, Jack Reed Senator from RI, Kansas, Montel Williams, Kid Rock, Sgt Slaughter, Joe Westphal (Undersectary of the Army), Gen Dempsey, Gen Chiarelli (former Vice Chief of Staff, Army), Gen Lloyd Austin (new Vice Chief of Staff of the Army) Gen Franks, CSM Grippe, Gen Odierno (Chief of Staff, Army), Director of NCIS, Wee Man, John Voight, etc.

Care packages? Cards? Letters? No way to count. We really appreciate all of the love and support from the community. Without that support, this journey would be so much more difficult.

Jobs lost since injury - 2

That's the entire hospital stay by the numbers!  Now on to outpatient and bigger and better things!

Climb to glory!