Morning! Amy and I stayed at the DoubleTree last night, what a difference a bed makes! Dad was here with mom and I guess her IV pole was being quite obstinate all night. It beeped at least 10 times and, of course, never at the same time that the nurses came in to poke and prod! Oh well, mom didn't feel that tired anyways. Her blood labs came back great again this morning. They take blood every morning around 4 and have results around 6, so every day of good blood news is much appreciated.
Mom has made friends with ALL of the nurses and has asked to be changed to the corner room (kind of like the difference between a tent and The Ritz Carlton.) She also has asked if we could bring blow up mattresses once in the corner room and is hinting that we would be willing to rent out some rooms in their houses if they needed a little extra money... she's still looking for the best deal!
The food is pretty good, not mom's cooking but she said the banana bread "is about the best ever." She can order whatever she wants really.. except no fresh produce that hasn't been washed, peeled, washed again and possible sanitized. This morning on her tray she had:
cranberry juice, prune juice, milk, mandarin oranges, stewed prunes, yogurt, english muffin, banana bread, eggs, coffee cake, raisin bran and coffee...
AND she's got little secret stashes of goldfish and crackers that she has for second breakfast. She just hollered that she's only taking ONE bite of everything and is insisting that she's saving most of it for Jasmine. (or christmas presents) There's also a refrigerator full of juices, soda, fudgesicles (the 5 of us in the room can't spell it..), sherbet, italian ice, jello, pudding, ice cream.. possible more..
Amy and I are leaving sometime today, I'll be back Sunday afternoon... so I can't promise anything on this blog.. I'll try to write tonight, but it really is much better being here first hand so I can comment on all her antics. Like, for instance, she's drinking her Miralax with cranberry juice right now and her faces are HYSTERICAL! I don't think it really tastes bad (it's supposed to have no flavor) but it's just the thought of drinking it that is making her wince. Yup, she's confirmed that it really does taste horrible!!! poor thing.
An MD "Fellow" is in the room now... she's managed to confuse him immediately with all her knowledge and her questions.... He's just here checking on her, nothing really to update on.
Alright.. signing off now. I'll show mom and dad how to post but.. once again, can't promise anything!
love.
Thanks for the updates! I've had my computer on all morning waiting to find out what Rita had for breakfast! :)
ReplyDeleteI was talking to Diana when your postings came over, so I read it out loud to her. I told her to tell Timmy he's number 7 of 8 to be tested....that David is here now from S.C. and it will go from youngest to oldest.
Dave you did great with the post. Lisa is a great teacher. Love you all. Positive thoughts, messages and prayers I'm sending your way.