Nan has a big and very long day!

Dear Ones,
You won't believe all the things Nan got done today. Last night Terry came and drew blood for the type and cross, then I drove it to Concord. I went to bed this morning at 1:38. Then up for a call to the doctor office this morning early. Thelma was great and said she would arrange the transfusion for today if possible. I decided to go for broke and ask if she could also arrange to have the picc line replaced internally and do a CT scan. She was not so sure that all could be arranged but we got the confirming call about 10:25 for Nan to come to the hospital. So we loaded her and Marilyn drove her to Concord. First they worked on her picc line and ended up replacing it and after an xray and a second adjustment it was completed. then the first unit of blood started about 3 pm, the second unit ended about 9:45 this evening and then she had a CT scan, waited a bit more in her hospital bed and then they drove home. Considering what she has been through she looks great this evening. Marilyn and I have just tucked her in, helped her take her meds, got TPN going again after it was off all day today, started some extra hydration, gave her Adavan and she is settled in for a long summer sleep. Amazingly this morning her temp was normal and all day at the hospital it was normal as well, after so many weeks of fever, normal, praise God!!
Marilyn is worth her weight in gold. We are deeply grateful to her family for sharing her with us.
I meanwhile drove to Valley Springs to see a little house, then using the GPS found and photographed all the comps and then headed for Turlock, about an hour plus away. That place was a mess, owner is 84 and plans to get it cleaned up and live in it again but it has had no one for several years and it shows and it smells. Great people. They are descendants of Alexander Hamilton. Then the GPS did its magic and located 5 properties over a 10 mile spread. At about 8 pm I started home which was 59 miles away.
When I got home I prepared her TPN, changed the sheets, enjoyed some folk music on PBS and had a good peanut butter and tomato sandwich with a glass of cold milk. Gourmet food! The tomatoes I picked from the back deck so they were less than 1 minute from the vine to the mouth, yummy!
I think the general consensus is that the AMN might be working as the tumor does not seem to be larger and the new one she located seems to be harder to find now. Hence the CT scan, another tool to see if any measurement of tumor size can be made.
Tomorrow Nan has a doctor appointment and I think Marilyn will take her since I have a noon appointment in Richmond. I'll try to meet them at the doctors if I can get back in time. Tomorrow I grow older and my only birthday wish is for Nan to feel better, to get better.
I had a chance to talk to Art today, he and Connie are baby sitting for his daughter Sarah in Texas while she is away and they are actually enjoying the process, a 16 month and a two year old. By Sunday night they will probably be very happy to welcome Sarah back home to resume her motherly chores. I also had a chance to talk to jason, nikki, my brother jerrry and of course work related people as well.
Thank you for your prayers and ongoing concern for Nan. She is a very determined person and that solid backbone is serving her very well right now in this tough time. If you were here with her you would be so proud, she is amazing and growing stronger every day.
My prayers are re: blockage, tumor vs AMN and increased strength.

love to each and every one of you precious friends and family,

tim and nan and marilyn