October 31- Ruth

Woke up at 3 am this morning to Jean's calls. Jean had a massive bowel explosion in bed and needed help getting to the toilet this morning. The episode went on for over 2 hours, very loose stools that were continuous. We decided after an hour, that Jean needed some anti diarrhea medication. Once she got off of the toilet, I got her into the shower to clean her up completely. Both of us made it back to bed by 5:30am and Bill promised he would let us sleep a little later than usual. He kept his promise and didn't turn on the TV until 9:49am. Breakfast was ready by 10:30am.

At 11am Cookie waltzed in, I left her a very detailed voicemail about why visiting us would not be a good idea. She didn't call back so I was really surprised when she walked in. I said good morning and she sat down with Bill and Jean. Jean and Cookie visited for about an hour and half at which point I had to remind Jean that it was time to get ready to go. As she was leaving she mentioned to Jean not to forget their plans for Wednesday the 7th. I looked at the calender and noticed that Jean had written Cookie down for 11am.

Got Jean ready, Bill had already showered on his own without prompting. We were out of the house by 1:10pm off to Dr. Campbell's. Talked to Wedad, she let me know that she would be coming in this afternoon to sit with Jean while I took Bill to his appointment. We got back home at 2:30pm, Wedad arrived, Bill and I left at 3pm. Joan met us at the Doctor's and all of us went in for the procedure, which turned out to be relatively simple and much shorter than expected. The scheduled 2 hour appointment ended up being 40 minutes at the most. The results of the tests will be given to Dr. Khaled and the information will be relayed to us at a later date.

After Dr. Khaled, Bill and I stopped at Starbucks for an Iced Decaf americano and and 3 shots of espresso. CVS after that to pick up candy, lotion, toothpaste, night creams, toilet paper etc. for Jean. I also returned one of the thumb braces that we bought last week.

Got home and Wedad told me the gatehouse called to tell us that the trolley would not be stopping by, the driver says that they can not maneuver our driveway and therefore would not be stopping by. Got back in the car and went back to CVS to return the candy, minus the reese's peanut butter cups.
Wedad asked Jean what she wanted for dinner and Jean requested Mexican, Wedad ordered Macayo's.

Updates- Nov. 15- Dr. Marwan Bahu- i will put time and location later. good night.