Thursday, August 5, 2010 — A release date and a visit!

The two major events for today are the mentioning of a release date and a lovely visit from our dear friends, Yael and Jean Pierre. They brought Skip a book that had him laughing like I had not seen in quite a while. A book of one page creations filled with just the right brand of humor for the patient.

He evidently had trouble sleeping last night which might account partly for his seeming so much weaker than usual this afternoon. They said they would give him a sleeping elixer tonight. He could barely keep his eyes open when they took him downstairs for an echocardiogram. But when Yael and JP arrived he lit up like a neon sign. I think it's going to do him wonders just to be over in Fort Bragg. The date has been tentatively set for Tuesday which will fall between his dialysis days of Monday, Wednesday and Friday. He'll know that he's on Sherwood Road, just a stone's throw from his home.

On the weekend we'll be able to consult with the kidney doctor and hopefully tomorrow the cardiologist to get a clearer picture of what is going on with those two functions and what the current predictions for the future are. The fibrillating episodes seem to occur off and on even though Skip has received medication to even things out. The more the infection situation betters itself the sooner they'll be able to separate things out and tell what causes or is related to what. To be honest, I find these remaining uncertainties quite frightening but it would be foolish to become incapacitated with fear ........ so I won't.