Lazy Day

We have certainly made use of this Sunday for REST.  It has been a lazy day for us.  Good to have those days now and then.  I even had a good nap this afternoon. 

Earlier today we had lots of sunshine.  It was a beautiful morning with cooler temperatures.  Lee went for a walk around the courtyard while I just sat in the sun.  The nurse coordinator called during that time and was able to bring us up to date on Lee's status with this infection he has been fighting for the past six weeks.  I was afraid that it was still there based on some of the symptoms he has had for the past few days, such as productive coughing.  No fever yet, but the coughing has become progressively worse.  I had planned to call her tomorrow.  It just happened that she was on call today or I would have called earlier.  Anyway, she said that he would need to go on a different antibiotic.  He finally showed that he was resistant to the one that he had been on earlier!  Now they know which one should work and that will begin on Monday.  Another I.V........Good news is this will be every 8 hours instead of the every 6 hours.  We are hoping this will completely get rid of this stubborn bacterial infection in his new lung.

Good news was that she said he is showing NO signs of rejection.  That is always good to hear.  He is continuing to get stronger and I am seeing him become more and more independent.  For example, I awoke from my nap because I heard someone in my kitchen!  I opened my eyes in time to see Lee walking from the kitchen with a BIG bowl of Breyers ice cream.  No it was NOT sugar nor fat free!  When I got up he was happily enjoying each bite.  Now that he is more mobile, maybe he will gain more weight!

Well, that pot of creamy potatoe soup and corn bread is ready................and we are hungry.  A fitting supper for a cool, rainy September evening.   YUM!

More Later................................................Brenda