Monday

Sorry for no update yesterday, it was a little crazy as Bob and Lauren flew out (Bob to Mexico, Lauren back to CT).

Lauren spent Sunday night in Kathie's room. Her oxygen something or another kept goign off as soon as Kathie fell asleep - so lauren wasn't going to sleep either - instead, she found herself starring at the machine, hovering when it dropped to 85 (84 sets off the alarm). Lauren got good enough that it only beeped once or twice before she hit the silence button. Clearly, that was not going to work all night - s we asked for oxygen for the night. Success! Her number went up to a steady 96 and we got FIVE hours of 'solid' sleep before the nurses treated Kathie to a vitals check and blood draw. That's right - FIVE hours of undisturbed sleep in a hospital - a miracle, but yet again, not something that would give Mother Teresa recognition.

Bob came in around 7:15 and left shortly after to get in the medical file line to get the pathology report and copies of everything else they have on file for Kathie so far. Kathie and Lauren tried to return to sleep mode - but it was hopeless, as other beeping machine (the one that holds her epideral) decided to go off. We called someone in immediately to stop the damn thing. (There's a loose button - they had it held in place with tape is coming off. We "slept" until about 8 and gave up. Bob did breakfast with Kathie - full liquids (as opposed to clear ones of Sunday)! Cathy, Lynette and the twins joined them soon after. Bob came back to the Rotary House to pack up and Lauren returned to Kathie's room, just in time for a walk. The twins were happy to escort Grandma. Kathie had a nice little entourage for her laps!

Lynette and Cathy had to go check into the next hotel though, so then it was just Lauren and Kathie again. It was quite a morning, as Kathie got not one bouquet, but 3 more! Lauren's boyfriend's family sent some, as did some of Bob and Kathie's friends from Michigan and Bob's sister's family (Janet). Kathie's room could be mistaken for the front garden. The nurse commented, "Boy, you are loved" - and don't we all know it! (P.S. flower arrangements are going to have to hit the floor soon - so consider a donation to the American Cancer Society in Kathie's name if you would like to give her something - but please let us know so we can say THANKS!)

Kathie got a little spa treatment from Lauren - a little neck and shoulder rub, and a glamorous hair styling (okay, maybe not glamorous, since the available tools consisted of water and a brush on hair that hasn't been able to be washed in 3 days:) )

So here's the stuff you want to know:
- Fever was down to 97.9 ("normal" for Kathie)
- She walked her laps and did her breathing exercises
- Lauren took a DELAYED flight back to Connecticut and starts work on Wednesday (Her flight
got in around 3:30 AM)
- Bob left for Mexico for a short business trip
- Eddie comes into Houston tonight and in theory, takes charge of the blog

Hopefully, this can get updated a bit later today so you can get more info about yesterday. She's looking good - that's the most important thing for now.

Posted by Lauren