What a night.....

Somedays, I should stay in bed longer than others. Today Andy woke me up at 8am to tell me his car died last night on the way back from seeing a movie with friends. By the way Andy and his friends have panned "Balls of Fury", so save your money if you had any thoughts of seeing it. His car died on the way into our neighborhood. Luckily folks at the house just inside the neighborhood were still out (at midnight) and had a big truck and were willing to pull him a few blocks to our house. So the car sits in our grass waiting for a tow truck tomorrow. Sounds like a timing belt to me -- it just died as he was driving and wouldn't re-start. He's still wearing a sling for about another week.

On the Trish front, one of her blood cultures came back positive for an infection and they started anti-biotics last night. Not sure what the infection is yet, that may take a few days, but they believe they have the right antibiotic set hanging to knock it out.

More disconcerting is the skin tears she received last night. In an attempt to determine if the infection was in her Hickman line or in her, they take cultures from her line and from a needle stick elswhere on her arms. Because of Trish's anorexic weight, she's a hard stick and they tried both her arms last night. She had tape and gauze covering both sticks and she asked if they could be removed a few hours later. That was a mistake. She now has skin tears on both arms and they are gauze wrapped (no tape). As a result no shower allowed this morning. I helped her take a sponge bath in bed.

Dr. Meade was impressed with her run to church yesterday, but expected the trip back was slower and we confirmed that for him this morning. He joked with Trish, that there is a Mass at the Basilica today and if she walks to it and back. He will release her today. Based on his comments and Trish's general health -- we are guessing that she will be in all week this week. Her white count is on the way down and Dr. Meade likes the way her skin looks and expects her liver to improve as well this week.

My goal is to feed Trish between meals as much as possible. She needs to eat and put some pounds on. Enjoy your holiday!