As I walked across the street to get coffee this morning, a homeless lady screamed obscenities. I joked with my security guard buddy that they came and got his friend yesterday afternoon. He mentioned that guy had been a problem all day. I said something about the screaming lady, and he joked they must have…

During the underwear debacle, I also picked up a foam topper to add to my chair/bed in an attempt to make it more bearable. I woke up with a sore back but did not need to take anything for it. I have one more trick up my sleeve to get better sleep in that thing.…

Yesterday was laundry day, so I went by a cleaners to drop off some things at their wash and fold and get a pair of pants pressed. The first one couldn’t get anything back till Tuesday. The next had a 10-pound or $30 minimum for wash and fold. As I asked about wash and fold,…

When patients are admitted to a hospital for an extended time, they typically are given shots of blood thinners. This is usually in the belly. Amanda’s belly is black and blue now, and it looks horrible. Nothing we aren’t used to; she was on a blood thinner for a long time before transplant. One side…

We made it to the “floor” late last night, and we already want to be back in the ICU. Surprisingly, I was able to get all of our stuff packed into the cart. Only because I already took two loads to the car! I was ready to go, it didn’t take me but a couple…

Well, we almost it through yesterday without any pain meds. Late last night, just after making yesterday’s post, Amanda started having bad chest pain. It is controlled by IV pain meds, but it does make me feel easy about getting out of here. We’ll need to have this rate and pain under control before we…

After taking the tree down, I had to make the final declutter run through our stuff. I got all of it loaded up in a big Christmas gift bag and made my final run to the car. While putting things in the Yukon, I looked at Amanda’s license plate. We had a vanity plate made…

We watched a movie late last night. We’ve mostly been watching Grey’s Anatomy or just listening to worship music and playing on our phones. But Amanda has wore me out on Grey’s, so we watched a couple of movies yesterday. It’s a good thing our late-night movie wasn’t one that Amanda liked because she didn’t…

Amanda felt pretty rough before bed last night. I’m not sure if the new medication was still wearing off or what. Either way, she didn’t feel the greatest. All day yesterday, she just felt crummy. When I got up this morning, she said she felt okay, but she didn’t look it. She seems tired today,…

While I was out, Amanda had a spell. She said she got flushed, and her chest started hurting, but not like before. She’s had palpitations since she got out of the cath lab. Her chest had a pressure feeling this time. I think that freaked the ICU team out; they ordered an EKG and an…