Well a lot has happened since my last blog.
Thanks to Ed Roden for blogging for me yesterday.
First and foremost, Tracy is Miraculously improved! I really hadn’t seen her since March 22nd
until today. As the doctors still did
not want me to see her on Monday because of I still flu symptoms, even though I
didn’t have a fever.
I left Monday night for home amidst talks of discharging
Tracy, which frustrated me to no end, as no one had mentioned anything to
me. Luckily for me Deb Paquet was going
to spend the night with Tracy and leave early Tuesday afternoon, so I was able
to go home. The plan was for the doctor
and I to meet and talk to straighten things out on Tuesday.
Tuesday was a packed day for me and didn’t leave home until
about 3:45PM. Three stops and forgotten
suitcase (the only one, with my CPAP and my medications in it so I had to
return to get), I got to Ann Arbor just after 7PM. As I approached Ann Arbor I spoke with the
doctor on the phone, as I was not able meet with him. I then rushed to Tracy room and found her
awake and talkative.
Tuesday night was like a date night for us! We talked and laughed for about a half an
hour and then I asked her if see would like to watch NCIS. She said yes and I then asked her if she
could name any of the characters. Tracy said,
“Yes, do you mean their real names or show names?” I was floored; we watched the entire show
together and then talked for another 45 minutes or so until she fell
asleep. I waited for the nurse to return
to give me Tracy’s weight from the previous two mornings. But finally gave up around 10:30 when I found
out she had a new admit and that was why she hadn’t returned.
When I finally went to bed, I noticed how load the neighbors
were. I think they woke me up every hour
on the hour. About 4AM I figured it out,
the room was a shared room with an hourly rotation. I think they were rotating staying with
someone in the hospital every hour.
However every other hour had a woman that returned with the loudest
voice on earth and she never slept, just talked and talked and talked. I wish I had called the front desk to
complain. Luckily, they checked out!
I returned this morning to find Tracy fast asleep
still. So I left and did some work for a
couple of hours.
When I returned, she was awake and we talked the afternoon
away. She would ask the nurses and I
questions and later on doctor too! I
would answer them and then she would be off to another topic. Her short-term memory is not the best, but
she can pull some old memories out and talk out them. I sometimes have to help her with them, but
she can do it on her own too. I have
learned, thanks to the physical therapist, that sometimes Tracy can only
process one thing at a time. So if you
ask her a question and she doesn’t respond immediately, wait at least a minute
before asking her again or something else.
When we do this she seems to be able to come up with the answer or
complete the task you asked of her.
As I tired from the day, I told Tracy that I was going to
leave and get something to eat and get some else to wear, as I was cold. Her answer to me was why don’t you just get
something out of the kitchen and put a jacket on. She never missed a beat! That is similar to a lot of our
conversations, a very appropriate answer, just not the right one for that
particular moment. I think it is a
short-term memory thing that comes and goes, but it is just a connecting the
dots type of thing for her.
Below is a very touching picture from Linda Heimer’s grandson Patrick, which he drew at school of Tracy in the hospital. He was asked to draw
something he had prayed for. Wow!
Thanks Patrick!
I am exhausted, I think that flu bug really hit me hard or
time is catching up on me. I am not sure
which it is.
But what I do know is that God is Faithful and I am so
thankful for Him and Tracy!
God Bless and “Never Give Up… Never Ever Give Up!”
Rob
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