I was glad to have a "to do" list this morning. Had to contact Madonna about my grad classes, and then school/Board Office to arrange my absence, do some other things. Had a phone call from a friend in Ireland, even, which buoyed my spirits. Mornings are hard, I wake up pretty weepy knowing that the world is going on without me and I can't contact people before 8am. Of course, the breakfast tray at 7:30am makes me feel a bit better.
It's been nice having so many phone calls, as I'm sure as the days go by I'll get less and less. They are doing construction around here and I can hear the sound of metal being snaked through pipes above my room.
As for tests, they are running the urine screen again, and along with that came a blood draw at 7:00am. Then my dr. apparently asked for other blood screenings, so she had to come back and take more. I am doing my own work for the urine tests, have to pour it into a jug. "Earning my keep," as Doug said. My bp is checked every 4 hours and Charlie on monitor was just fine this morning. I was able to take an almost-human shower, got shampoo in my hair for the first time since Thursday morning. That was wonderful. Got tired, though, so I had to stop there. Lunch is arriving soon and I'm proud to say I only watched about 30 min. of TV news today, otherwise have just read a book, showered, talked on the phone, and attempted this blog. So far, so good.
It's been nice having so many phone calls, as I'm sure as the days go by I'll get less and less. They are doing construction around here and I can hear the sound of metal being snaked through pipes above my room.
As for tests, they are running the urine screen again, and along with that came a blood draw at 7:00am. Then my dr. apparently asked for other blood screenings, so she had to come back and take more. I am doing my own work for the urine tests, have to pour it into a jug. "Earning my keep," as Doug said. My bp is checked every 4 hours and Charlie on monitor was just fine this morning. I was able to take an almost-human shower, got shampoo in my hair for the first time since Thursday morning. That was wonderful. Got tired, though, so I had to stop there. Lunch is arriving soon and I'm proud to say I only watched about 30 min. of TV news today, otherwise have just read a book, showered, talked on the phone, and attempted this blog. So far, so good.
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