Once again.. it’s been almost impossible for me to find two minutes to get on Kerrie’s webpage and give you an update. I had to make a choice between changing the cat litter and getting on here and Kerrie won.. She’s been doing well, according to Mom, and has started looking a lot better since Tuesday. I guess Doctor Jana saw her today and she was even surprised at how well Kerrie looked. The results from her tests show nothing. Of course they do.. they always do.. then they talked about doing a colonoscopy, but decided against that. She’s doing better and looking better, so they changed her tube feeding,…

There are some days you should just look out the window every once in a while. Today would have been one of those days. My temporary “winter” office doesn’t have any windows ( or much heat for that matter), so I tend to sit for hours, working diligently on a project ( While practically sitting on top of my space heater) and don’t think about what may be going on beyond my computer screen. When I finally decided to leave work, around 10:30pm, I knew I was in trouble before I made it all the way to the front door. I could tell, from the hallway, that the snow was…

Well, the pillow is going to win out over the Yoga tonight. Just too darn tired. James, I have no idea how you do this for a living.. I’ve been working on a web page for over a week now and it’s going to do me in. I suppose it I will be happy with it, once I’m finished, but what a load of work. At least I don’t have to do much of anything on the programming end.. just put all the data on all the pages ( I call my web designer for all the hard stuff 🙂 ), but it’s still not that easy ( and has…

Hi Everyone, Well, Kerrie was delighted to see her cousins, but still slept a lot. Paul, Chris and I had a good visit. They had plenty of interesting stories to tell, as usual and I really enjoyed seeing them, even if Kerrie missed most of it. And by the way guys, she does remember what you were telling her, she even remembered about about your gas problem Chris (sorry if I’m getting personal). Of course she woke up after they left, had her usual dinner of three bites of apple sauce and a slurp of soup and that was it…. still having a problem with the tube feeding keeping her…

Go to bed.. or do Yoga? That’s what I’m pondering right now. I could very easily climb into bed, fall asleep, dream about Kerrie and be well rested to go back to work tomorrow… OR.. I could get off my lazy butt, pull out the Yoga matt and get a little excersize. Excersize is not something I’ve had much of in the last 6 months or so.. and I’m starting to think I better do something SOON. Driving back and forth to Michigan, sitting in chairs next to bedsides, assisting with changing sheets and other medical paraphanalia, watching TV with your sister and walking back and forth for cups of…

Snore.. snore.. snore… Kerrie’s snoring away in the bed next to me. It’s been a quiet weekend so far, with not much activity. Lots of TV watching and playing on the internet ( well.. working on the internet. I have to manage to get some work done this weekend). They are definately working to get Kerrie back into rehab and have made several changes with her pain meds. She’s on this fun little patch, that will replace her PCA Pump and it seems to be doing a good job. When the doctor said he wanted to stop the pump, today, she said “No thanks, but maybe tomorrow.” It was kind…

So.. Mom sends out this e-mail today, I guess to people who don’t normally check the web site, and she’s giving them an update.. I’m reading along, and I get to the part where she says Kerrie may be going back to re-hab as early as next week.. WHAT??? I darn near dropped my coffee all over my lap. Of course, I ever so nicely questioned Mom about this when I spoke with her tonight.. and endeavored to find out why I am receiving this information in an e-mail she just happened to put me on copy for?? Her response, “Oh, Krystal ( the Nurse Practicioner) and I talked about…

Sorry to keep everyone waiting so long for some information! I’ve been sick, working some crazy hours trying to get caught up at work, and have barely spoken to Mom in the last two days. Mom said Kerrie had a decent day yesterday, they had her out of bed and sitting in a chair and the doctors said her blood counts were coming back up and looking good. I hope this means the liver enzymes and gall bladder problems are getting better as well. Mom also said the drain tube, in Kerrie’s gall bladder, wasn’t quite so sore today so she was feeling better too. While I’m starting to feel…

Just spoke with Mom… Kerrie is dozing in and out and has had an uneventful day. Her days always seem to be the same.. at least the ones where she’s not having problems. Sleep, eat, lay in bed, watch tv.. It is really starting to wear on her. I guess it’s not so bad, on the weekends, when we’re all there but her days have got to be monotonous. Especially during the week. I’m worried that Kerrie is starting to give up her fight. Mom’s probably going to get upset that I even post this, but oh- well. We need some help in figuring out how to keep her fighting.…

They Nyquil is kickin in hard, so typing seems a little difficult right now.. but I’ll do my best to give you a quick update. Please forgive any typos 🙂 Started feeling cruddy, just before leaving Kerrie this afternoon, so hope I can kick this before I go back to Michigan on Friday. The last few days have been kind of blah for Kerrie. Eat, sleep, watch TV, play Bingo with me.. kind of boring, but I enjoyed being able to lay around and just play. I hope she did too. Kerrie has been put on Contact Precautions, due to this viral infection she has going on in her Gall…