Another Day of Mixed Emotions

Bottom line, Nancy is doing ok but not great.

The day started really great.  I talked to Nancy at about 8:00am they were doing therapy in her room.  She is temporarily in isolation because the test results haven't come back on whether she has c diff or not.  When I talked to her, her voice sounded strong and she was good.  I went to the hospital around 11:00am and she said she had had good therapy sessions.  She had eaten her breakfast sitting on the side of the bed and she was still doing fine.

They started dialysis at around 11:30am and I left to come back here to work.  I went back to the hospital at about 4:00pm and as usual after dialysis she was pretty tired.  She slept most of the evening. 

Her kidney doctor came in around 7:15pm to say that her kidneys were not working as good as he had hoped.  He asked me to give him my zip code so they could start researching dialysis centers in the Arlington area.  This bummed Nancy a lot.  After he left she said "that's not good."  We talked about it and I tried to explain that the Doctor was working under the assumption (that we probably gave him) that Nancy would be moving to Arlington about 2 weeks after she left the hospital.  He did not say that the dialysis would be permanent. 

She is starting to be concerned about becoming a burden.  I told her twice tonight that she would never be a burden to me.  She is my sister, I love her and will do whatever I have to to make sure she lives a happy life for however long we have left.  She did smile for me but I don't think her heart was in it.  I'll try again tomorrow.

I forgot in last night's posting.  Thanks Peggy for bring the cookies for the nurses.  They really enjoyed them and they commented on how nice that was and indeed it was.  A big thank you from Nancy and me.

Also, in the midst of all of this Mark and I have been having trouble with our air conditioner.  It went out the first time on June 29.  Then the power went off.  We got the power back on July 2 but still no air.  It got fixed on July 3 and went out again yesterday.  Mark had to leave for West Chester, NY yesterday and the repairman couldn't come until today.  Our friend Patsy volunteered to come to our house and wait for the repairman.  This is particularly noteworthy because Patsy is allergic to cats and we have 3 cats.  So a big THANK YOU to Patsy for being a great friend.

Please keep Nancy in your prayers.  The news tonight although not terrible was disappointing for her.  Thanks you for all of your concern and prayers during this ordeal