Just another day in Memphis

Actually today is beautiful, the snow is almost gone and the weatherman says it will hit 60 today - hurray! Louie left yesterday and that made Donna a little sad but all in all she had a pretty good day. Joseph and I brought dinner to the hospital and the three of us enjoyed watching American Idol. This season there are two girls from Memphis. Lat night the one named Lil Round sang and she rocked the house! ! ! Go Memphis! (We don't have much to brag about so we have to take what we can get.) Meanwhile, Donna was still waiting for the MRI test to get started. She waited, and waited, and waited for them and guess what? It was 9:30 last night when they were finally ready for her. She was a bit annoyed but like I told her - hey, what else do you have to do? You get to take a ride, hang out a while, see some new people and then ride back to your room. Besides, surely you are tired of us by now. She decided it was okay after all, a "not too bad" change of pace. The nurse promised her something "special" when she returned, which was one of those great pain medications that make you go right to sleep.

This morning she was all smiles and had slept very well during the night. She was eating breakfast when I arrived and actually enjoying it. The heart surgeon came in to say that they will most likely take out the heart drainage tube, tomorrow. The catheter should come out today. So, by tomorrow, she should be wireless/tubeless/drain free -and all that ! Today she is scheduled for the Gallium test (not sure about the spelling) which will show hot/cold spots indicating infection/inflammation. From the MRI and the Gallium they will be able to plan what to do about her constant back pain. At one time they had thought she might get to go home this Friday but right now, that doesn't seem likely. As always, stay tuned - I'll keep you posted as we know more.