Saturday, November 22nd

Cindy at Crater Lake, taken by Larry 

Hudson

Hello Everyone,

There's not much to report tonight.  Cindy is doing a little better but she's still feeling nauseous and having trouble keeping food down. Nothing sounds good to her so getting her to eat is really difficult.  The doctors and therapists all say she's doing great, but you couldn't tell it by the way she's been feeling.  Their plan, as it stands now, is to release her into intense rehabilitation at Providence Portland on Monday afternoon. They seem to think she won't need to be there for more than a few days before coming home.  This all hinges on our insurance pre-approving the idea.

I was only at the hospital briefly this morning since I had a class all afternoon at the PNCA.  Before I arrived, she had eaten breakfast and done physical therapy.  As we were talking about what she had had for breakfast and discussing ordering her lunch, she threw up the breakfast.  She then complained of a headache and the nurse gave her something to address it.  Evidently, she had had one earlier, too.  I asked him what the deal is with everyone saying she's fine while at the same time she's hardly eating and throwing up what little she does.  He didn't really have an answer but speculated that it might be some of the medications she's on.  (The nurse tonight speculated the same thing.)

When I got back in the early evening, Colleen and Ernie were there and said she had eaten a light dinner.  Within minutes, she was fighting back nausea.  This time, she managed to keep it at bay, though.  (I'm beginning to wonder if it's me, since she gets nauseated whenever I arrive!)  They also informed me that some good friends of Cindy and mine had been there visiting when they arrived and that my brother and his ex-wife (who has remained a good friend) had both called this afternoon (separately, of course).  It sounds like she had a pretty busy day.

By the time I left, she seemed to be feeling pretty good, although she was ready to go to sleep.  I was wiped out, too, so the timing was good.  Let's hope this is the beginning of the uphill road to recovery and that she continues to feel better tomorrow.

Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.