Sunday at the Hospital

Just got home a few minutes ago as I and the boys spent the afternoon down at Medical City Dallas with

View Southeast From Her Room

Sandi. The cancer doctor came in and saw her before I got there  and told her the latest CT Scan came back looking like the one from Tuesday. No clots at all in her lungs. Fluid level appears to be about the same. He still believes it is some form of pneumonia and believes it is not getting any worse.

It also does not seem to be getting any better. He added another drug today that opens up the bronchial passages in some way. I don't know what it is or how it works, but they mix it in with orange juice. She drank it and about a half an hour later she had gained five precious points on the oxygen sensor readings. She is going to start this twice a day.

Sandi and Kevin Today

He also brought up the idea of sending her home on oxygen. Like us, he isn't sure how this would work either as they would have to send her home with something for the ride home. It takes about 40 minutes to an hour to get there from where we live and she could not make that ride home  as it stands now. So, his plan is to check into it this coming week and we go from there.

With Karl with us and available to take pictures with his cellphone, I talked her into having a picture done as  it has been quite a while since she would let anyone do one. She wasn't thrilled, but, when I pointed out lots of folks were worried and wanted to see her, she finally relented.  Of course, after getting the first one above, I wasn't about to let the momentum stop. Like a certain potato chip where you can't eat just one that led to the family picture below.

Scott, Karl (with beard) Sandi, and Kevin

My back and leg was hurting pretty bad by the time we made it to her room and the chairs there are just horrible. Since they want her sitting up as much as possible I took the opportunity to lie back in her bed for awhile and get my feet up.


Before we left today I made sure to leave our mark. I have been wanting to do this since Tuesday when they admitted her, but this was my first real opportunity. Usually there are just too many people around. But, the board is there as is the marker and I just could not help myself since the coast was clear for long stretches of time. As you can see, I had a very willing co-conspirator.




In case it is not obvious, I got Karl to take a closeup of just the board. I'm wondering how long it stays up. Make sure you ask for Jenny when you call the Tardis Exchange and remember roaming and long distance charges do apply. Cue the music.....

On behalf of all of us, thank you for your prayers, your support, your donations. We are hoping this soon shall pass and we can get her back home where she belongs. Thank you from all of us!