{"id":520,"date":"2005-04-29T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-29T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=520"},"modified":"2005-12-05T13:10:26","modified_gmt":"2005-12-05T18:10:26","slug":"latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/latest","title":{"rendered":"Latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dad&#8217;s still got a little internal bleeding to deal with. I called the ICU this morning, and the nurse told me that they topped him off with another pint; she didn&#8217;t sound overly concerned about his condition, which I took as a good sign.<\/p>\n<p>His surgeon&#8217;s coming in later today to assess his condition and see if he should be stepped down from ICU. I&#8217;m in the office for the morning, and I&#8217;ll head over to see him this afternoon. 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