Oct 16, the Nurses

Right now life is as good as we could ever expect. Lindsey is active, eating (via feeding tube), going to school, fighting with her brothers, bossing her sisters, and is a delight to be around.  The nurses are doing a wonderful job of making this a 'home'.  Tracy from England brings her the 'British Word of the Day'.  The latest word is 'Higgledy Piggledy' meaning 'in Disarray'.  There are currently 19 words on her list.  Kim today was playing cards with her and did Halloween projects with her in school.  Riza, a night nurse, is teaching her different dance moves, they have a lot of fun on walks.  Some of her other favorite nurses are Nichole, Denise, Shannon, Jenn, Grace, Heather and others we can't remember their names.

Sierra and Megan are pretty busy with school.  Sierra especially has a lot of homework, and Megan is busy with volleyball. They practice their band instruments every morning at 6:30 in the upstairs TV room at the RMH.  It is quite a lullaby they play for the RMH residence with their clarinet and saxophone. Somehow they can practice 2 completely different songs at the exact same time. I can here them loud and clear when I come home from Lindsey's room each morning.  We are waiting for someone to say something, but nothing yet.

Hunter and Gage are two boys that love to play, wrestle and fight.  Lot of energy between those two.

Everyone gets excited about Halloween around here.  Each unit in the hospital dresses up in a theme then the kids trick-or-treat to the different units. 3 West is going either supper hero or pop star.  The engineering department puts on a spook alley in the cafeteria.  One guy said that is the toughest project they do each year.  I volunteered to get the guys from back home and my 455 Husqevarna chain saw and we could help get the spooks on!  They thought that might be a bit bold for our audience.  Go figure.  Stacy has outfits for the kids and is working on our outfits. I think Stacy should be 'Wonder Woman', but Stacy says the outfit I liked may not be appropriate for all ages.  I'll keep looking.  Remember, a little patience and work it just right.

Baby Tristin Thomas had a small set back today. They tried to wean her from the milrinone and she didn't do well.  Hopefully she just needs a bit more time.  One of the Dr's dropped the 'transplant' word.  Hopefully Tristin will pull improve.  Time will tell.

From the last time I checked, we are still one day closer to transplant.