Ok, I have a lot of notes from yesterday, but I’m going to hit the high points cause a lot has gone on. A lot happened while Amanda was at dialysis. While I was gone, of course, the orthopedic fellow showed up to aspirate Amanda’s knee and get a sample of the fluid around the…

I’ve been spacing my posts out as nothing new is happening daily. A back-to-back post isn’t good right now, but I feel we need a lot of prayer on this development. Amanda didn’t do well overnight. She’s had stomach issues for a few days and has been hurting badly since last night. Her temperature before…

When I got to the room Saturday morning, there was a box of masks taped to the door with ‘please wear a mask’ written on the glass. I’d left the room yesterday, gone to the apartment, and come right back. I didn’t think my wearing a mask was going to protect Amanda much when we…

This week should have been called NPO week. Monday through Friday, Amanda had to wait to eat until at least two or later each day. They’d plan to do something, then call it off in the afternoon, or she’d have a later procedure. Wednesday, she didn’t even get to eat; she had the cath then…

Tuesday was more waiting. They had Amanda NPO again, then allowed her to have clear liquids till noon, then nothing, eventually pushing the IVC filter placement till Wednesday! Any day waiting for the cath lab would be a frustrating day if you were a newbie to this. We were waiting for wound care and the…

Even though I sleep through most stuff in the hospital room, I’m not sure I get quality sleep. I hear a lot and don’t get up or move. The cardiologist came early for rounds around 7 Sunday morning. I didn’t wake and don’t remember her and the NP coming. Amanda said the cardiologist, when she…

Maybe it was the good night at the apartment then back to the hospital chair bed, or maybe it was the commotion Wednesday night, but I slept horribly. Amanda waited all evening for the CT scan to happen. They came to get her at 3 am while we were both asleep. I don’t remember much,…

Monday evening, as they were giving Amanda her meds, she asked about one that wasn’t there. It was the main anti-rejection medication. There was a glitch in the new system, and if Amanda had noticed it, she would have missed the dose altogether. Upon further investigation, the nurse realized she had missed it the day…

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…