Better

Thank you for your prayers in Nan's behalf. This evening as I sit here beside her bed in Concord at the John Muir Hospital Concord Campus in her room 127 on the 3rd floor I am watching a different lady than the one this morning who was so destroyed by fevers and pain. Terry, nurse, came this morning and found Nan in very bad condition. She helped with calling the doctor and arranging things for the day. She was not able to draw very much blood and the picc line would not allow any blood draw at all.

Dana was a wonderful help as we began to plan getting Nan down and into the van's comfortable bed. It is an amazingly far distance from our bedroom upstairs down the stair chair, then into the wheel chair down the ramp to the family room and then move the ramp and down the ramp into the garage and then to the van door. Nan stepped up on to the little stool we have and with some help from us made it to the bed where we had a slip blanket ready, she lay back and we pulled the blanket and her into position in the bed. Then we loaded the luggage in, adjusted the AC to the right cool temperature and drove to Concord. Nan was becoming much more lucid by the time we got to the van and talked with LeAnn our precious neighbor before leaving. She complained that I hit every bump the entire trip and when we got here she and I figured out how to get her out and into the wheel chair. Then into the maze but in a few minutes she was in room 9 that has two amazing features, 4 walls and a door, some people never make it out of the hall in ER. We were there about 5 hours or more. Dana arrived a little later, had driven the bug and got muchies for the room, a tiny pizza for me to eat and popcorn which I just finished a few minutes ago. Pam told me to eat protein and I think popcorn is full of protein, right!

Our good fortune held at the ER as a great and gentle doctor was assigned her case. He listened carefully and did all the right things for her care and avoided doing stupid ones like before. Then Dr. Ganey came in, we were delighted to see him as he is a bull dog about getting good care for Nan. His orders got everything going for good. Blood was drawn again from Nan's poor arm, CBC and blood cultures, urine samples you know the drill. She was given enough pain med to control her hard hitting pain and she was totally alert and lucid the whole afternoon. Not one strange statement or comment. What a change had come over her and also no fevers during the afternoon. Her heart rate returned to her normal, her blood pressure was adequate and after a morning of 161 heart rate and fevers over 103, total confusion, body in a fetal position. What a change.
This evening Nan is resting quietly with her favorite nurse watching over her for now. She is getting blood in a few minutes, has at least 4 bags of important things going in and still has no fevers. When we arrived up here on the floor she hopped off the gurney and stepped unto the scales to find that her weight was once again her target weight 131.5. After all these months of hydration and weight gain, at times up to 161 she is now back to normal.
Nan has enjoyed talking to Sharon and Jan and I got to talk to Nikki and Jason. Jason and Jo got to bring Timothy home today to his little bed, his little clothes, his little diapers, his little carseat and new life. What a cutie he is even if I do say so in a totally impartial way as a proud Grampa.
Well its time to go home to rest, Nan is resting very well now with 2 mg of Dilautid onboard and appears comfortable. She was lucid all afternoon and evening, none of the confused stuff at all.
We are thankful to you for your prayers today, I firmly believe God chose to send some extra blessings down to Nan, she was certainly due some.
So thanks for your love, prayers, tender phone calls and for being there for all of us in the family.
Dana has been a trooper today, snacks in the room, dog food in the car for home and wonderful help this morning with an unresponsive Nan.
We send our love to all,

Tim and Nan in Room 127