This morning I was about as fried and frustrated as I ever get and I wanted somebody's ass! Karen is still in the hospital and they are trying to bring the pro-time to 3 and the doc said this AM she was at 1.6 and yet, instead of 10mg they gave her 5!! Now this seemed a bit bassackwards to us and I wanted some answers.....and of course its Sunday!

Karen talked to a nurse later and found that today's bloodwork was 2.6 and the doc had not seen it yet when he talked to her. Things began to make a bit more sense. They want to come up slowly I know, but earlier it didn't seem we were ever going to get there!!! Now it appears that the cumulative effect is taking hold and according to the nurse and other medical friends, some people are slower to build this than others. We also got a lot of additional info and we're both much calmer and I think there's a good chance for tomorrow and probably Tuesday at the latest.

Karen is greatly improved and when she gets out I think she'll take a big leap forward. Hospitals are great to get you through the crisis times, but NO ONE gets well in a hospital. You become somewhat institutionalized and they tend to "invalid" you to some degree. When I had the bypass three years ago, I was feeling bad when I went in, but within a few hours I was totally controlled by hospital procedures. They're telling me I can't get out of bed, don't move anymore than I have to, yada. yada, yada...........and I'm saying, "For gawdsake, three hours ago I was chasing the kids out of the kitchen and now you say I can't get up to take a piss? Gimmee a break here!" Of course they didn't, but even after the surgery when they have you up and walking, the moment I got in the Van, I felt 100 times better on the spot. I'm sure Karen will feel the same and she is doing quite well anyway.

Yesterday we took Phad Thai and assorted other oriental goodies and ate downstairs in the cafeteria. She and Michael arranged his Pokemon cards and we played dominos and such.......nice visit and pretty long for the boys. Hopefully by Tuesday at the latest, we'll all be here at home and getting ready for a Thanksgiving feed and Mikey's birthday.

Thanks again and again and again........We have appreciated every thought which has been offered. A lot.

Spaw