Saturday, March 14, 2009

Day 52 is last day for IV

We started the second to last IV infusion of antibiotic at 7:30 this morning. Tonight at 7:30 is the last treatment, and the IV can then come out. This will be the first time since last September that Adele will have no catheter in her body. The ability to be free of them and take a shower without using "Press 'n Seal" to cover them will be a freeing experience for her. Fireworks are planned for tonight - unless wind or rain keep it from happening. I will also love that I will no longer have to hold 2 or 3 times a day open, to flush the IV or catheter or change dressings.

We are planning on attending small group tomorrow, for the first time in a year or so. Excited to see Adele is willing to get out a bit more, after we talked about it yesterday. We visited the snow geese yesterday, and actually saw some hunters setting up quite a lot of snow geese decoys. I noticed the poles sticking out of the ones that seemed to be landing - and remembered the article about this in the Lancaster newspaper.

Today I am making some brownies and Chicken 'n Rice for Molly. Hopefully I can also get out and do some yard work for the spring. Maybe all I will do is just pick up the old branches that this winter pulled down. Backyard also needs to have old ornamental grass chopped off, tons of debris raked and other plants trimmed. The tulips are already coming up and I guess the snow flowers will be there soon, just to be eaten by the rabbits. Or did I dig all of them up last year?



Small problems last night, but the home nurse called back and said it was OK to have the IV looking like it does. The IV seems to be out 3/8ths of an inch, but is feeding into the vein OK, so everything is good to go. Adele's arm is also healing nicely, with the washing and triple antibiotic being used once a day. Only one spot looks like it stuck last night, and that should heal OK in the next few days.

So - things are looking good and we are both able to do more with Adele getting stronger every day. We do need to keep our eyes and faith looking up to Jesus and His healing touch. He has helped us many times in the past year and a half, during this entire journey. Thanks to Him and all our friends for everything.

Our friend Somsavath had to go back to the hospital last week, but I think he is home again. Pray for his healing.

Thank you all - Rick

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