The fire I lit last night with my email was burning and doing its job this morning; the first doctor we saw this morning was Dr. Nair! He’s been working with Methodist here in Houston and got word today that they would consider Amanda’s case. He’s close with many of them and has been speaking…

As I drove late last night to the hotel, about 45 minutes in the rain, I prayed. I’m scared and haven’t been this scared in a while. I like to stay busy in the hospital. I write my posts, or I plan something. I was doing neither when I was in the car, and the…

I’m just going to jump right to it on this one and cut right to the chase. I don’t know how much I have in me today. The medical board met and decided it was too risky to do the transplant here. The deciding factor was the combination of the high antibodies, the previous infections…

The day nurse was one that we’d had before. She remembered us and that we were plant-based, even though I think she disapproved. She also remembered how we don’t like the cafeteria food trays to be opened, joking about the smell. I had a union meeting this morning. It was actually at our downtown place…

I had a good trip back from Alpine but was late getting off; too late to drive to Houston, though. That is one thing that will make it easier when I make a seniority move to make trips from San Antonio to Houston. My engineer suggested I use my repurposed air mattress topper and blow…

I woke up early, couldn’t sleep, and thought of the apartment. So, I emailed the leasing manager to ask what it would take to get it off the market. I didn’t want to lose a big deposit if we didn’t have to. Amanda and I decided we should not do anything until she was officially…

Last night, we went for a walk later in the evening. I didn’t have to pull back on the reins too much; she was easy out of the gate this time. She didn’t make it very far, though. She is so much worse than when we arrived a week ago. Amanda asked how long we…

I slept well on my recliner with a chair foot extension and “borrowed” air mattress topper! I had the snacks in a cubby that Amanda could reach while I was gone. The drawers are stacked with the good no-tie hospital gowns and extra towels. These gowns are hard to come by, and why they’d ever…

Dr Nair came by in the evening; I was watching my phone for our dinner to be delivered when he walked in. He seems to be the bearer of bad news nowadays. He doesn’t round on the floor much anymore and stays in the ICU. That is why he has wanted to put us there…

When my alarm went off this morning, at first I wondered what it was going off so early for! My perfect time to leave was 4:45, which would put me through San Antonio before rush hour and to Houston after rush hour, or so I thought. I hit traffic about 15 miles out of San…