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It was so nice to be home this weekend!  Tony is still catching up on his sleep – he sleeps really good during the day, so I tried to keep things quiet and ended up being quite bizzy in my kitchen this weekend.  The kitchen is in the back of the house – he looked so peaceful sleeping – we had the windows open and...

Growing up we would spend part of our summers in rural Virginia at my grandparents house.  I think the road leading up to their house was a dirt road and wasn’t paved until we were in high school.  It was such a small town that we would actually make the local paper that we were visiting from Chicago!  The neighborhood kids would ask us the...

We went to bed around 11:30 last night and guess what time I woke up this morning?  TEN O’CLOCK!  Ha, I love that I can still sleep like I am a teenager.  But I have to tell you I was tired.  After driving all day Thursday I actually thought Friday would be an easy day at work, but nope – super busy all day. I...

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...

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,...

Technology these days is amazing.  Mayo Clinic has an app – so I downloaded it on my phone a few weeks ago.  It has campus maps and stuff like that, but the most amazing thing is that I have access to all of Tony’s medication information basically as soon as it is available.  Lab results, doctors notes – it’s as if I have an electronic...