January 20-22

Came in to find Bill and Jean in very good spirits. I sat down and spoke with both about this weeks events, both described everything in detail. Jean kept commenting that Bill has his little procedure thingy but that she had gone to Camelot with Dudley, she was very excitted about that. Said the preformance was so-so, but seeing Dudley and family was great. Bill explained what had happened to him, in surprising clarity. He was happy that he had a caregiver staying with him in the hospital, said it made him feel less lonely.

Both had meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and steamed carrots for dinner. Bill ate a few bits but said he would rather have cereal instead. Good thing I stopped on my way to work and picked up some milk-because we were bone dry here. Finished his cereal and he seemed content.

They had all their meds and washed up for bed. Lights went out @ 945pm. Both slept through the night, except Jean kept talking in her sleep-nothing new.

Both woke up very late-almost 1015am. The electricity downstairs went out, so I went out and flipped the circuit breaker. Started up breakfast. Both had eggs and belgium waffles. Sat on the table until 1230pm just reading the newspaper and listening to music.

I tried calling Heart Clinic, since Bill needed an INR, but couldnt get an answer. I called Dr Farouqi's office and they said they could bring him in anytime before 3pm. Jean had John coming @ 2pm. Convinced Charlae to come in while I took Bill to dr's office.

Made it to office. I explained the situation that Bill needed this because he had taken Lovenox and the machine at home cannot differeniate between the two, meaning error messages. Needless to say, they didnt hear a word i said and instead poked him three times doing the same test we tried at home. Finally I got Jennifer on the phone to explain in medical terms exatly what I had previously told the nurse. They brought in the labcorp lady to draw blood. They said if they did stat-they would charge, but then said no because by the time they would be done the Heart Clinic would be closed, so it will be sent over tomorrow in the am.

All I have to say is it had been awhile since I have been in Farouqi's office and the office staff, they new ones-are not very friendly. Carly rolled her eyes when I waited there trying to ask if we can get a box of coag' strips for our machine, our strips are expired. They older lady ignored me while I was trying to reassure the fact that the results would be sent over the Heart Clinic. It took close to two hours to get everything accomplished. Afterwards I took Bill to walgreens to get some necessities that we needed that were not available on the grocery order. Hopefully next week we can get a Sams Club order going, just need to arrange schedules to make it work out.

Made it back home to find Jean and Charlae arranging her shoes and pocketbooks in her closet. She had Charlae go through everything. She was looking for a particular bag, that she ended up finding in her bedroom not in the fitting room.

Charlae finally headed out. Beause breakfast had been late, both opted to skip lunch. Cookie had called and left a message. Jean wanted to call her back. She asked about Bill and wanted to make sure everyone was doing well. They spoke for awhile about the show and about Bill and the family.

Dinner was Fried Butterfly Shrimp, Baked Red Potatoes, Sugar Snap Peas. Both opted for no desserts. Bill laughed and said, if you dont give us any then I wont be tempted to eat any. So I kept him at his word.

Headed back to their rooms, fresh water, meds all taken. And watched TV until 930. Got them both to washup and Bill to change into his PJs. Cleaned the kitchen, ran dish washer, ran last load of laundry.

I will contact Dr Farouqi's office to make sure that lab results were sent to Heart Clinic. Maria is to come tomorrow, she called and said she would be here around 1230-1. Jay should be here around 11am.