Update, thanks, focus
Sep. 11th, 2002 08:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jayThanks greatly for all of the hugs and expressions of support. I won't be able to acknowledge each one individually here, but I've told Pat ;-).
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patgreene last night around 7pm, after having been told for 3 hours that I'd be allowed to see her momentarily in the recovery room. I went to the nursing desk, was asking again for an update.... and peripherally saw two female orderlies wheeling her down the hall. I wheeled and dashed after them, bags of Pat's personal gear in hand, running after them with what must have been a rather annoyed expression. They took a defensive posture... I slowed and explained that I was the next-of-kin. They looked dubious, but continued on toward the hospital wards.
Pat was asleep, heavily sedated with a 1mg/ml morphine drip. And she was moaning a bit... had had two transfusions. At least they were volunteered units from CMV- donors. Her legs and back hurt worse than the two incisions... she was terribly thirsty. I sat next to her bed and fed her little bites of lemon sherbet. And massaged and gently rubbed the parts of her that didn't hurt. Until we both dozed off, and then a nurse evicted me.
J has been invaluable... not simply in kid-wrangling, but being here for a physical hug and taking care of me. Bringing me dinner when I stumbled through the door last night. (grateful look) J's kids are asleep on the futon in my living room... J herself is back asleep likewise. I just sent James and Kevin off to school... David is leaving soon.
Today.... the kids are now off to school. Visiting hours at Stanford are 11am-8pm, so I'll be there until 2-ish, then home with the kids, then back visiting with the kids sometime around 7pm. J will go there with me initially, then head back 120 miles northward to her home.
And I'm trying to avoid the media coverage of today's anniversary... not because I don't care, but because I need to focus on my loved-ones here and now.
I finally saw
patgreene last night around 7pm, after having been told for 3 hours that I'd be allowed to see her momentarily in the recovery room. I went to the nursing desk, was asking again for an update.... and peripherally saw two female orderlies wheeling her down the hall. I wheeled and dashed after them, bags of Pat's personal gear in hand, running after them with what must have been a rather annoyed expression. They took a defensive posture... I slowed and explained that I was the next-of-kin. They looked dubious, but continued on toward the hospital wards. Pat was asleep, heavily sedated with a 1mg/ml morphine drip. And she was moaning a bit... had had two transfusions. At least they were volunteered units from CMV- donors. Her legs and back hurt worse than the two incisions... she was terribly thirsty. I sat next to her bed and fed her little bites of lemon sherbet. And massaged and gently rubbed the parts of her that didn't hurt. Until we both dozed off, and then a nurse evicted me.
J has been invaluable... not simply in kid-wrangling, but being here for a physical hug and taking care of me. Bringing me dinner when I stumbled through the door last night. (grateful look) J's kids are asleep on the futon in my living room... J herself is back asleep likewise. I just sent James and Kevin off to school... David is leaving soon.
Today.... the kids are now off to school. Visiting hours at Stanford are 11am-8pm, so I'll be there until 2-ish, then home with the kids, then back visiting with the kids sometime around 7pm. J will go there with me initially, then head back 120 miles northward to her home.
And I'm trying to avoid the media coverage of today's anniversary... not because I don't care, but because I need to focus on my loved-ones here and now.
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love and focus
Date: 2002-09-11 05:54 pm (UTC)big hugs . love and focus are exactly what you and Pat both need right now. So iam sending love and focus as my thoughts for you guys going forward.
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Date: 2002-09-12 05:37 am (UTC)Best wishes, and I hope that the recovery goes smoothly.