Sabbath evening - rest and friends

Dear Family Members and Friends,

It is evening now, the windows are open and cool breezes are passing through. Nan is so desperate for TV that she is watching COPS. We brought Nan's TV from her desk at home with its rabbit ears since the hospital does not yet have the cable system working. It remains amazing to me that an entire hospital with a 100 or so patients can go the weekend without any cable TV. It makes a long stay much longer.

Today we have had some wonderful visits for which we are very grateful. Nikki and Keanna appeared at our door and we celebrated Easter with a bunny rabbit. We had a wonderful time and Keanna looked so cute in her new blue dress. At 2 Bob and Carrol arrived and Nikki and Keanna went shopping. Bob brought some wonderful cookies he had prepared. They are wonderful eating and are disappearing rather rapidly. Thank you Bob and Carrol for coming to see us and bringing your cheer, soft drinks and prayers. As I was saying good bye to Nikki and Keanna George and Yvonne Miller drove up for a visit. So I showed them the nearest way in so George would not have to walk too far. Bob and Carrol and George and Yvonne sort of knew each other and knew some of the same people. We all visited and enjoyed our time together, then Bob and Carrol had to leave so Bob could get back to Lodi to feed his aging mother. Later George and Yvonne headed home for a nap and both Nan and I took a nap also. It has been a wonderful day, getting to spend it with family and friends. Nan has received a real lift from the love she experienced.

This evening my phone rang and it was Nikki and Keanna. They were in the area and so we ate at Olive Garden. We brought back cheese raviolis to mom and she ate what she could. Then this evening we went a small dance with once again with the nurses. They brought in a bag of hydration to hang for Nan. We raised a question about it and found out they were acting on yesterdays orders, one of the kidney doctors had written an order to increase the hydration yesterday. Since that time all doctors have told us the extra hydration was finished we had the nurse call and the order was expunged. Boy you never can let up your guard. Nan does NOT need extra fluids right now being about 16 lbs over weight right now with fluid. She can feel it around her middle and right ankle especially. So we dodged another bullet.

Nan is enjoying her pump which gives her a minimal amount of pain meds on an ongoing basis plus she can push the pump when she needs a little more. It is much nicer than her having to beg the nurses for meds every two hours. This evening Nan's fever is back again, not high but hovering around 100. For Nan any thing even a tiny bit above 98.6 is a fever and important. So there are good reasons for her to still be in the hospital this evening, infection.

A few minutes ago Nan insisted we take a walk. She bravely lifted herself out of bed, got on her feet and walked to the end of the hall, the far end of the hall. Now she is resting. She really deserves her rest. This has been a good day over all and Nan has enjoyed it all.

It now seems the nephrostomy tube will be replaced on Monday, that Nan will be transported to Concord for the procedure and then back here to her room. Hopefully after that the fevers will end and she will be able to come home.

Please pray for Nan, for the leaking, for the fevers, for her recovery. Thank you for all you do.

love

tim and nan

photos are from today here in the room of Nikki, Keanna and a beautiful bouquet of flowers which arrived this morning from Jan in Denver. Nan was thrilled and has commented on the flowers to everyone who visited and the nurses. Thank you Jan.

Also thanks to George and Yvonne who supplied a new box of Sees nuts and chews, Nan had one piece of candy left in the box from Bob and Carrol last week. People are so thoughtful.