Day 191, Year 10: No News is Good News . . . We Hope
Date: Sunday, April 19, 2015
Weather: Overcast All Day with Heavy Rain Tonight
Location: Lightkeepers Marina, Little River, SC
What we know for sure is that my sister Patsy is much better and will probably be coming home from the hospital tomorrow. What we don’t know are the results from any of the testing, x-rays, and scans that were done. The doctor on duty handling her case was called into emergency surgery before he was able to get results to Patsy and it was late this afternoon by the time a nurse was finally able to get through to him to get orders for Patsy. In the meantime, they couldn’t even give her a piece of ice to suck on. But before Mark, Joe, and I left the hospital the nurse came in with a regular dinner and announced that things look good and that the doctor indicated that Patsy will probably go home tomorrow. But there were no details. Those must come from the doctor in person and he should be in tomorrow morning. It appears that there was some sort of blockage that resolved itself. So hopefully the no news today is really good news.
Patsy and Joe are trying to sell their home so they can make the move to the Nashville, Tennessee area near one of their daughters. There was a showing at 1:30 this afternoon, so Mark and I went over this morning to help Joe get the house ready. Patsy always keeps an immaculately clean house, but it is amazing how many things you have to do to make it look perfect. The guys finally left while I waited for a laundry to be done. Then I drove to the hospital to join them. This evening Mark and I returned to Patsy and Joe’s to fix dinner. I wanted to use up some of the leftovers from a couple of nights ago so they wouldn’t go to waste. Just before dinner, we got a call from Justin who said it was a good time for a Skype call with Ziggy and Coco. We love seeing them in action and they are always in action! We had a great call and got to see the aquarium we got Ziggy for his birthday. The one aquarium has turned into three. Mark and I made it back to Windbird just before the sky opened up. It is raining hard here now but hopefully by morning, the rain will be gone and we can have a bright, sunny day or at least a partly sunny day. I’m tired of rain and clouds, but at least the weather is warm. I guess you just can’t have it all.
