Not so Sunny Sunday

Hi

Morning Report

It is overcast and gloomy.  The lake is very calm and the windmills on Wolfe Island are barely turning.  Even though it is Sunday, the crew is still working on painting the hospital's smokestack across the road.  They have done most of the part that faces me so I won't get to see them work much.

I'm a little better than yesterday but am still very gassy.  There is some pain where the surgery was but it is much much less than after the surgery on Friday.  I can walk around again.

At least two doctors have seen me this morning and both say the same thing.  Sometime today they will close the valve on the stent so the liver drains into my intestines instead of the bag.  Then if that works well I can go home tomorrow.  However, I've been told "tomorrow" for so many things I may not believe it until it happens.  I need another visit from the chemo doctor (extremely nice man) too.

Ken and Bridget (my brother and his wife) were here yesterday and did quite a birdwatching tour of the area.  They stayed in a local hotel last night and then dropped in here about 9 am on their way back home.

Not much else to say at the moment.  I'll do more when something more happens.  Damn, something just did.  I spilled a glass of water on my bed.  I better go and clean it up.

Now it is about half an hour later.  The nurse turned the little plastic tap on my drain to send it all through my intestine instead of to the external bag.  Now we wait to see if it drains or swells up.

Late Night Report

April Watson, her husband Andrew and her sister Michelle were in from lunch time or so until mid-afternoon.  April had written a very touching letter to me in appreciation of my teaching - a bit of a tear-jerker - thanks, April.  We played cards because April and Michelle remember playing Go Fish at our house 20+ years ago when they were very young.

I think Anne and Stephen arrived not too long after they did and we all visited in the lounge so we wouldn't crowd the ward room too much.  It sounds like April and Andrew are actually enjoying supply teaching and are getting work almost every day.

As they left Jonathan and Jacinta arrived so we had a good family visit.  After J&J left my sister Clara and her husband Dan came.  That made a busy day but a good day.  Cheryl Stevenson dropped in too.  A busy day but a good one.

Am I going home tomorrow?  Two criteria - have had a bowel movement and have the stent work.

I did have a BM but is was a rather small one so I'm not sure it will count.  The stent seems to work but we will know better tomorrow.  So the answer is still maybe.  We hope to know in good time tomorrow.

Stephen has Mondays off so he can drive Anne.  If it is put off until Tuesday we will phone someone who has offered.

Very tired - going down for the count soon.

Good night all and thanks for your hopes and prayers.