We are still home

Dear Family and Friends,
Nan woke with a 102 temp today and later it was 102.8. We have used small amounts of ibuprofen, 100 mg, normal amount for an infant up to 3 years old and yet it helped bring down the temperature both times. Mid afternoon I called the doctor on duty and we waited, we are still waiting, he never called back so we gave Nan Adavan at 2:30 and she slept until 6:30. Her temp was then 99.3, not sure what it is this minute. Dolly Vogel, our dear friend and appraiser trainer came to visit us this afternoon. She prayed with Nan and talked with her heart to heart. She is so precious and we really appreciate her being willing to drive clear over here to see us. How we love Dolly, she is so good to us.
After Dolly left we moved Nan from the recliner to the hospital bed where she settled in to sleep with two fans blowing on her and no sheet at all. After a couple hours she woke enough to ask for a sheet which we provided. Early evening tonight Pam arrived to share pizza with us and to give Nan a good massage. Pam left later in the evening to drive home to Lodi. Nan woke enough to take her pills and for us to take her temperature. It was an alarming 102.6 so we gave another small dose of ibuprofen and have now taken her up to bed where she is snuggled in under just a sheet for the night.
It was so disappointing that the oncologist never called back this afternoon. Our concerns are that Nan seems to have some congestion in her lungs, that along with the fevers are raising bigger concerns to both Marilyn and myself.
Nan was lifted to day by the visits from Dolly and Pam, thank you for caring. I personally was lifted by their visits too and by calls with Art, traveling in Colorado and Joyce and Glen Conner, long time friends in Lodi who wrote a couple very special emails to me. They have been helpful friends for years, many years and they are looking forward to their first grandchild, we have much in common. Jason called today and Nan could hear Timothy trying to talk in the background. They are doing well and Clayton, Jo's brother comes in this evening. Jason says the number of students who are signed up for school is good and he hopes for even more. God has blessed his work this year and he is very thankful.

We will see what the night brings and then what tomorrow brings. The fevers bring nan's situation to a different level of concern as they can skyrocket so fast and reach a dangerous level in a matter of an hour or two. Something is not right inside and we need antibiotics to manage it.
Funny things just happened. Nan used the phone intercom to call me and ask when i was going to hook up the TPN. Well earlier I had very carefully used an iv push and prepared the PICC line for the hookup but failed to hook it up, it was sitting there beeping and waiting for connection. I had to be reminded, funny.
Now I'm back to finish the blog and turn all the lights off, take Adavan up to Nan and then retire for the first part of the night.
We have all slept a great deal today and asked God to direct over and over again. I enjoyed the church service at Andrews University today thanks to the dish and this afternoon we watched a program with lots of good music.

Please pray for Nan especially now, she needs healing so much in so many ways. How we need God's special blessings.

love

tim and nan and marilyn