Sunday, we were supposed to have the same nurse as the day before, Justin, but he came by to help in the morning, saying he was a help-all and not our nurse. I joked with him on Saturday that he was in the running for my favorite nurse and tied with Jackie. I told him…

Well, I’m back. It was great to see two such great friends and to have a few days break from the hospital. The first thing on the list of what I wanted to do was to cook. As Brittany and Amanda settled in for a little girl time, Larry and I did a little shopping…

Hi, it’s Brittany again! Not exactly the Nashville Girls Trip Amanda and I would typically plan, but we’re enjoying it regardless! We’ve watched several rom-com’s (romantic comedy movies), chatted a lot (with the exception of Amanda feeling bad on Wednesday), and I even shopped for us a bit when I went on my afternoon walk…

This morning, Amanda wanted a Trochy’s taco again. So I made the trek down, on their way back, David and Renee were headed into town for a late breakfast. I got Amanda settled, then went with them for a bit. I took them to one of my favorites, Biscuit Love. After breakfast, David’s truck was…

I’ll start this one off on a funny note for you, since this happened last night. I was walking around to get my chair ready for bed. Earlier in the evening, I had loosened my belt to be comfortable. I came over to get something for Amanda, turned around, and my pants fell off all…

I woke up to a Tetris puzzle blocking me into my little sleeping corner. They had gotten Amanda out of the bed and into the chair, and the bed was blocking me in. I had to rearrange everything, including Amanda, to even get out. Amanda had planned to have a shake for breakfast. The nutritionist…

During rounds, the attending ICU doc was asking about breakfast. The nurse said she didn’t eat anything, so the attending stepped in and asked if it didn’t look good. Amanda told her to “Go ahead and look at it.” It was a tofu scramble, the doc said I’ve heard of that in disapproval. I told…

Amanda didn’t sleep well last night. I was hoping she’d get some decent sleep as things progressed. Her BP was down a bit, so during rounds, they dropped her to net even, only pulling what she takes in, on the CRRT machine. If I were to guess I’d say she would be off the dialysis…

I woke early, precisely at 3 am. My air mattress topper, which I’d snuck out from St. Luke’s, was flat. It bit the dust and had a hole in it. I tried pumping it up to no avail. I spent nearly the next hour wide awake. I used the time to find a thin camping…