Wednesday June 11 2008

This is Wednesday; about 2 p.m. It is still pretty pleasant weather, calm and not too hot. By mid-afternoon it was only 85 degrees. The air is very clear today. Put a load of laundry in to wash.

I'm typing at the hospital this afternoon. Curtis pretty much got the computer back together last night, but still has to do a little more on it. This morning I slept in until almost 9 a.m. and ate my breakfast out on the patio with Bella and Max – Bella ever at the ready to play with toys. Debbie took me to get the pump off at 11:15 and have the Avastin infused. All went well with that. Except that the nurse was supposed to give me Benadryl and Tylenol to take this morning and she forgot, so they gave it to me there and it took about 45 minutes longer than it needed to for that to kick in. Other patients are telling me that the Center and the people here are very good. That is good to know. There was a lady there waiting with us who has been having chemo for six years. Back in the chemo chairs some of the people looked very sick. It always makes me feel fortunate to feel as well as I do. After chemo Debbie and I went over to Chili’s for a very fast lunch.

This is Beverly’s surgery day so then we sped over to the hospital and dropped me off to wait with Brent so Debbie could make her pre-surgery tests appointment at 2:30. In about a month they are taking out half her thyroid glad which has a nodule that they don’t like the look of. She has had trouble with not feeling right for quite some time, and not sure this is the main problem.

I brought the laptop along to sit and work on the blog while I was waiting. But…..they don’t have wireless. I’m typing the blog in Word and will be able to copy and post it when I get a connection. If Beverly is alright later this afternoon. Debbie and I might go to see Indiana Jones and have pizza tonight. I haven’t had pizza yet on this trip.

Brent and I are at the hospital waiting room now. Beverly is in the recovery room after her hysterectomy. They haven’t told us how she is doing yet. So they will be coming to tell us she is in her room in maybe an hour or two. They have to discharge another patient before she has a bed, so they must be busy here. It’s a brand new hospital and very beautiful here in the Summerlin area – all of this area is new development maybe in the last 20 years.

I called Joe this morning and he said it was raining there. He’s still doing fine and the dogs are fine. He’s been going out irrigating, except doesn’t have to do it much with the wind and rain they've been having. Says he’s going to town tomorrow to see the hearing specialist because he’s been having an earache. Hope he gets that fixed o.k.

Later: The doctor came and told us Beverly's surgery went very well, and she was doing fine. Soon we went up in the elevator to the third floor and sat with her for several hours. She looked good, just still very sleepy and thirsty. Debbie got there soon too. And Beverly's friend Nancy was there to see her when she woke up. They have been friends since high school. Brent went and got Clayton at home and brought him over. When they got there, we soon left and did go to see the Indiana Jones movie. It was just great. I loved it. But we didn't go for the pizza. I got my load of laundry dried and folded and am seeing how much blogging I can get caught up on. Looks like if I get last weekend done, I'll have all the days recorded.