ValleyRD Mailing List: Fwd: Kay's UpDate A-10 - - -

[Bob Heiser (w7ikt]

Good Evening - - -
Well, like I was saying in a previous message that "No News is Good 
News" could
be true depending on how you look at it.  Let me explain - - -
Yesterday, Thursday morning, the doctor came in and told the nurses to 
start prepping
Kay for discharge.  He also told them to place Kay on a regular diet.  
This was just
before lunch and the word did not get to the kitchen in time so Kay had 
her regular
Potato Soup, Jell-o, Pudding and Milk lunch.  This was around noon.
The kitchen not wanting to get into trouble figured that Kay needed 
solid food so they
sent up a tray around 2 PM.  Kay was not really hungry, but then it did 
look good for it
was not soup so she did try and eat a little bit of it.  When I got to 
the hospital, the nurse
decided to give Kay a sponge bath so I Ieft taking home things that had 
to be removed
from the room.   I went back later and she was eating again around 5 
PM.  Still not real
hungry but then it did look better than the soup.  After eating the 
nurses came in to help
Kay get ready to be discharged from the hospital.  This happened around 
7 PM.  I was
not all that happy with the hospital discharging her just putting Kay on 
solid food but then
what do I know.
Got her home and comfortable and it was not to much longer when we 
received a phone
call from Home Health Care to interview Kay.  This was to set up a time 
schedule for them to
come in to change the Wound Pump Bandage and to set up Physical 
Therapy.  While the
PT was interviewing Kay I went to the back of the house and I heard a 
gurgling noise.  I went
outside and checked the hot water heater and it was spraying water all 
over the place.  Naturally
it had to be around 9:15 with all the hardware stores closed.  More bad 
luck.  Anyway, I did get the
water shut off to the house but was able to keep the water on at the 
outside hose connections.
This helped for I was able to fill buckets to fill the toilet tank and 
flush the toilets.  Also, I did not
have to worry about getting shot stealing water from the 
neighbors.  Went to bed thinking
tomorrow has to be a better day. Also, earlier in the day I dropped my 
cell phone and cracked
the glass.  The phone works but  - - - what else could go wrong.
Last night before going to bed I did call Chris, youngest son that has 
his own plumbing business,
in the Austin area, and he told me he was planning on coming down on 
Friday.  He did not call or
warn us for he knew we would try and talk him out of coming down.  I did 
try to talk him out of coming
but it was to no avail.  He gave me marching orders on what to get to 
replace the water heater
and once he got her we had it hooked up and heating water in 45 
minutes.  It would of probable
been faster if I wasn't there helping him.  Anyway, we do have hot water 
and flushing toilets.
Kay started the day slow but she did seam to perk later in the day.  
Home Health Care did make
it out around 2 to change the bandage and after that she sat in the 
chair the rest of the day and
evening.  She did eat a little tonight but as far as I am concerned not 
enough.  She is walking
more by herself with the help of a cane.  I do believe that this is for 
balance if nothing else.
Overall, today for Kay was a good day - - -
Well, I better be going.  Take care and have a great night. Hopefully 
tomorrow will be better for
Kay and she will get a little bit more of  her strength back.  Till 
later - - -  Ski's