Day 48 and it is getting better

After last Sunday at the emergency room and all the bleeding, it seems like nothing is happening. All we need to do every day is an 8 AM & 8 PM antibiotic IV - started with a flush of the line, and ending with 3 separate flushes of the line. Then everyday around 1:30 PM or so, we also need to flush the IV line with saline again. Of course there is the removal and repositioning of the stretch wrap over Adele's hand every time we flush... Also we clean and dress, twice a day, Adele's torn skin on her right arm. Clean with a warm towel, then with soap, then clean again, then triple antibiotic gel and finally dress it with gauze.

Gee nothing is going on during a normal day, only takes a few hours to do all that anyway.

Today the doctor allowed us to have Bathory back from Bob & Bobbie. She (the cat) has been gone from our house since Dec 15th or before, and Adele is seeing her for the first time since. Bathory is on her throw at the end of the sofa and watching news with us right now.

Tomorrow, the visiting nurses will be here to change the IV from her left hand to the right, and allow us to finish the antibiotic IVs - going through Saturday. Sunday they are scheduled to come and remove the IV as that is all it is needed for. Finally, nothing sticking in Adele, first time since about last September, guess I should look that up. Adele will love taking a shower without having to waterproof some object sticking in her body. As I will love not having to get that all prepared and flushed.

So - if all goes as it should - these postings will become fewer and fewer until some appointment or test results are in. Days should start being much more normal than they have been for 6 months or so. Our next test at John Hopkins are on March 26th with a follow up with the lead doctor, Dr Meade, on April 2nd. He will go over all the scans and let us know what the first major tests show.

Oh - our grandaughter (and daughter) are coming in from Georgia to visit from March 29th through the 4th or so. That will be a great time for us also, as Adele has not seen Ruby since she was born last September and misses being able to hold her. Adele will also be able to visit our Harrisburg grandkids, whenever they get a chance to be free for a visit. Oh - Kaelyn did cartwheels for Cancer for 10 minutes last Saturday, and she was so excited to let us know that she did 148 cartwheels in that 10 minutes. Shannon said she was still standing even after all those cartwheels. We had nurses here during the time we would have had to leave, so we were unable to get there.

Thanks again to all who have helped. My broken foot is healing and as spring is coming, just in time. Hopefully I will be able to do some yard work this weekend.

Again - thank you all
Rick & Adele Stauffer