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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...

I got up an hour before Tony yesterday morning.  Posting my blog, finishing packing the car.  By the time I needed to wake Tony up, the only thing I had left to put the car was basically Tony! But it was with a mixed heart I had to wake him.  Sound sleep eludes him most days.  He cat naps at best.  Most nights he spends...

Thanks to everyone who voted for my Extended Stay America recipe contest!  You can vote once a day, as many emails as you have until August 22.  THANK YOU! Click here to enter today. This post is going to be short and sweet – you know, just like me!  Tony isn’t feeling well, obviously, but worse than last week.  We called the doctor at Mayo...

Today is the first day that you can vote for my Pan Seared Pork Chops with Apple and Spinach, with honey mustard sauce and Rosemary Potatoes!  Whew, that’s a mouthful isn’t it?  But, it’s a recipe that needs so few kitchen items, that it can be cooked at an Extended Stay America hotel, which is where we stay when Tony goes to the Mayo Clinic. ...

Another busy day at work.  I hit the ground running and finally around 9:30 I heated up some breakfast tacos and ate them at my desk. I had plans with my Mom and Hannah to meet for lunch.  My Mom got there right on time at noon, and I finished up a couple letters while we waited for Hannah.  A few minutes later I see...