August 8, 2014

Whew.  What a long day yesterday was.  Once Tony said that he was getting the thumbs up to come home yesterday, I couldn’t wait to wake up and go get him.  I got up at 5:45, jumped in the shower and I was on my way by 6:10.  I don’t like to eat anything too heavy in the morning when I drive somewhere for some...

I got the call right when I was making dinner that Tony has been given the green light to come home!  While that doesn’t mean all is well just yet, we do have a plan – I just don’t have all the details yet.  All I know is that Tony will be home where he belongs.  He had to have a test yesterday where he...

I wish I had more definitive news about Tony, but sadly he’s got two more days of tests before we have a plan of action.  I can’t be more specific now until I have all the information.  That’s one thing I don’t like about Mayo is that they never second guess a thing.  They tackle one problem, move to the next.  I wish I could...

No news yet to report on Tony.  Still waiting for his INR level to drop.  The cardiologist stopped by later in the afternoon, but he was just waking up and didn’t get everything she said.  I called the cardiologists office because she said I could call her if I had any questions, but I never heard back from her.  Hopefully today I’ll get a call...

It’s been a long week.  But an awesome week just the same.  Both Tony and I feel that he’s been much sicker for much longer than either of us ever imagined.   It’s weird when you live with someone – you don’t really notice slow changes day to day – you just kind of get used to it. I know I noticed Tony’s feet getting all...

I packed up the hotel room yesterday morning.  Actually, since it was just me, it took me all of five minutes, and that was even throwing out the garbage.  Oops, note to self – Extended Stay America has trash rooms so that you can throw out your trash – never saw that before! I brought my big bag of food and have it stashed in...

Quick post today.  Nothing more to report on Tony.  They still need to get off more fluid before they can do the heart biopsy.  Which means they don’t bother him as much, maybe they do vitals every few hours and I think they only drew blood twice yesterday. So when I am there – Tony sleeps!  I love it.  I know he needs the rest,...