Wednesday, the 20th

I slept all of 1.5 hours until my brain finally gave it up at 5AM and slept 'til 10:30. I'd missed my office meeting but my body craved the sleep more.  I got on the road later than I wanted.  Mom's saying " Get up and get it done!" was in my head & I did.  I arrived by the 3rd inning and T & I cheered the Giants on to win!!!!     He had a day off from chemo and was given several blood transfusions and in the early morning unfettered by the feeding machines long enough to take a 45 min. walk including stairs( he won't be pushing the stairs again soon)! He loved the freedom and understandably, he's pretty wiped out.  His 45 min. walk, the excitement of the game and a couple of visits, Ann Bailey & Carla took their toll.  He enjoys the visits immensely but doesn't have a lot of energy to entertain, so thank you for short, sweet and fun visits.... Tim, Marit and Tammy he loved the fact that you laughed a lot and those cute pipe cleaner toys plus Sports Ill. bathing suit issue gave him some cheap thrills...
Courtney gave him Neupogen, a white cell booster and after reading the container we learned it was derived from E Coli!!!!  Unbelievable!!  They also gave him Allopurinol and God only knows what else.  The nurses on this unit work 3 -12 hour shifts.  They are the most caring I've ever seen.  We love Courtney!  She's single and she lives in SF.  OK so once a yenta, always a yenta....  now who do we know?


I had dinner in the cafeteria with Carla so T could nap for awhile.  Carla had accomplished the impossible... she found boats that actually fit my honey...  when the slippers we had found Sun. weren't wide enough, Carla traced his foot on a paper towel, even drawing in the toes and succeeded at the boat quest!  We are blessed.... After all the meds, T seemed to relax... his blood pressure was high and he'd had a headache and was a little crotchedy....so he showered, I washed his back and then, we settled in for the night.  Tues. evening always means Zeba watching and it was a really fun  Good Wife and finally the news.  No John Stewart or Stephan Colbert tonite.  They brought in a cot for me and a glorious night of sleep was had by all.  We are blessed!!!