Jan 31st So it truly is like…February. How the heck does that happen??!!! We had our Buick in the shop for over 2 weeks. Remember, some kid at the high school slammed into Cora driving my car and we finally got it into the shop. We drove it home Friday and parked it and then drove it one other place …

Jan 29th Yesterday we did dialysis at home and it went super smooth again, only one alarm, but Mark had low blood pressures all through it and after. We challenged his body two days in a row to get the fluid off and perhaps it just wiped him out. I had a great photo/video app of Mark in his chair, …

Jan 27 Well now I don’t know what all I had intended to write yesterday but I’m sure I can manage to type out a few paragraphs. After dialysis we were able to get to the pharmacy and pick up meds however, one of them wasn’t approved by the insurance. Its a pain really. In the hospital, for some reason, …

Jan 26th Mark sits back in Room 5 at Davita once again. The machine is humming…he is sleeping and every 30 mins a nurse comes in to take vitals. Its quiet and I’m paroozing the vacation options…perhaps I’m delusional and dreaming but after this upcoming month, it would be much needed. If we can’t go, we won’t but I can …

Tomorrow I’m told they will discharge Mark. His GI isn’t awesome but as I’ve probably told you in many blogs…its nothing new. As long as there is no danger or damage I feel like we can deal with it at home. I’m convinced the longer you stay in the more they find to mess with and the sicker you get! …

Mark called and he sounded SO much better!!! He slept! All the things we needed to happen, happened. He is on his way to getting discharged. (I don’t have a day/time yet)I will get things lined up for that . He is not pain free and he is still on a lot of drugs but his nurse is doing what …

Jan 20 I sit here contemplating what photos and prints and shelves to put up where….but I’m a bit haunted by the fact that I need to blog to keep everyone updated. I was thinking as I went to close the garage door after my walk…this journey (and my life and more specifically, my brain) is like a cattle drive. …

“The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.” Jan 17th Its been a very rough 3 days for Mark. Its been rough for us too despite how I might appear. I am trying to get task done and keep busy….If I wait by the phone for a phone call telling me I can come …

Jan 14th. I waited ALL DAY LONG to hear from or about Mark. I called in the morning after texting and calling Mark with no answers and the nurses desk told me they took him to surgery already. I was told 365 minutes I got a call from the doctor about 1pm that he was done and it went well. …

Thursday Jan 13th First of all, its Mark’s paternal grandmothers birthday. Not that you know her but… 2nd…I did come home. I met with Alyeska and her cc coach at GRCC to get a tour and talk to the coach. She is very nice and alot like me (as far as personality not the niceness although I’d like to think …