Not much change from yesterday -- still in the hospital, still has a fever, still on antibiotics, still no white cells, still discouraged. On top of that he needed two units of red blood cells yesterday. If I didn't know better I'd think they were trying to kill him. On a kinder note, the doctors and nurses couldn't be kinder and more concerned. They are doing a great job. We are truly grateful to them for CURING Steve.
The poor guy has had a rough week. You know he feels bad when he says that he thinks it's better that he's in the hospital right now than at home. Really, he's scaring the shit out of me. But I know that this is just another rough patch that he'll soon be over. Sigh.
Steve felt a little better yesterday, asked me to bring him in some ribs. That's my boy! And we did some crossword puzzles. He knew the answers to the hard ones, as usual. Maybe he'll be up for a game of Scrabble today -- I'll see if I can take advantage of him again.
Also I have some exciting news for him: a big box of seed potatoes came in the mail yesterday that he ordered. From the looks of it, we're going to be eating a lot of potatoes next year. Steve tells me that this year I'll have to do the planting and digging of the potatoes -- it's in my blood, he says. (Talking about blood again.)
He really knows how to have a good time!
You are forcing me to get an iPad so I can continue with Scrabble and keep you out of the hospital! I have missed playing, because it gave us a connection.
ReplyDeleteBoise has sprung into spring, and the colors are magnificent. Ian, Luke and I were in the garden with our pruning shears trying to create some beauty in our otherwise neglected and ugly garden.
As Nick Charles said "Life is 20% what happens to you and 80% how you react to it."
You have the will and the strength to get this illness out of your system.
You are always in our thoughts.
Hugs,
joan
YAY.. potatoes,I like french fries. Better then the freezer full of chickens and half a cow you've had in the past.
ReplyDeleteKeep on plugging, you're almost there. An experience I am sure you wouldn't wish on anyone but its yours and you guys have the strength you need to get to the finish line. And truly, you just do what you have to do! As the saying goes one day at a time.
Love you both more than you know,praying and thinking of you everyday.