grateful for help :)

Thanks to karenbynight for volunteering to carry over Pat's meds to the hospital, to frankenboob for being on-call with the kids this afternoon, and for tenacious_snail and possibly sarahh for watching the kids tonight. I'm grateful and want to acknowledge your love and support and community.

Even the hotel is helping... they just brought up a plate of cookies with "Welcome Home" done in frosting.

Updating...

The kids are giving Les a handful, especially David, whose daily routine has been interrupted...

Pat sounded better and expects to be released from the hospital tomorrow morning. I had written down her room and telephone number this evening, and then left it on the coffee table at geekchick's house. Sigh. Lots of cell minutes used this evening... OTOH, while over at Cathy's place, I saw an episode of "South Park" for the first time (rather... gory and foul-mouthed and 2-D?).

I'm going to check in with Pat tomorrow morning -- if she's mostly OK and is being sent home, then I'll stay here. Otherwise, if she's either an invalid or being kept in the hospital longer for whatever reason, I'll cut my trip short and head home.

[update: found it, she's in room D38A, 650-498-3018 if anyone wants to call her]