June 2,3 and 4th

Came in on Monday and all was quiet. Sylvia told me that Jean had been sleeping most of the morning and she needed to get up because John was due at 1:30pm. Sylvia filled me in on the weekend. She and Jean had a good time shopping at Williams and Sonoma, Pottery Barn and Safeway. There were some new items purchased for the house.

I saw a note that said Tree was due again on Tuesday to take pictures of the house. So I picked up misc. stuff and put it away. Sylvia- the bag of packing material that you wrote keep on- is in the stereo cabinet in the living room. I threw out all the magazines and torn up pages that were littering the kitchen table, bench and floor. If Jean asks, tell her I tossed it.

Got Jean up for a shower and she was ready when John arrived. They exercised, then Jean sat out in the kitchen looking at more catalogs until dinner was ready. After dinner they both watched the Rockford Files. The night was quiet, except at 6am we had a disturbing episode. Jean called me upstairs to check on Bill. He was whimpering in his sleep. I had to call his name at least 3 times to wake him up, when he finally heard me, he yelled WHAT. I asked him if he was okay, he said no "I think I had a stroke." He was talking normally, moving normally etc. I asked him to sit up, drink some juice and tell me how he felt. He said he was fine, but felt kind of funny. I asked the usual questions, what's my name, who is the president? His face was not drooped in any way, his speech was normal, he got the questions right. I asked him to try to get up and use the potty and he was absolutely fine. After a half an hour, we concluded that he was absolutely normal. He decided to lay down and rest some more. I checked on him periodically. He got up to use the restroom 3 more times and walked out to the kitchen for breakfast. At breakfast we talked about what had happened and he said he thought he had a dream about having a stroke, but it was the kind of dream that felt real.

After breakfast, we got ready to go out. Jay showed in that time and took the head boards off of Bill and Jean's bed, painted them silver on Jean's command and reattached them. We left the house at 12:30pm. Went to Khaled's first for a protime check. Bill's INR was a bit low again 1.7. We were instructed to boost the coumadin to 7.5 for one night and 5mg for the remaining nights, recheck in a week.

After Khaled's we went to Scottsdale Imaging to have an ultrasound of Bill's carotid artery. The technician wanted to know why we were having the procedure done. She asked if Bill had ever had a stroke, which was odd, because of the episode this morning. She said this wasn't a normal procedure for a patient like Bill, so we reviewed his history and I told her about Bill's imbalance issues and his falling episodes. She said that may be why the doctor ordered the carotid scan. Which is good, I haven't seen Khaled since Bill had his surgery in January. He had one check up with Khaled and I think Wedad took him for that appointment, but I was under the impression that Khaled was not following up on the falling episodes we have reported to him. Everytime Bill has a fall, OR near fall. I call the office to let them know what is going on. At first we thought it was one of the medications, but this last time in April had nothing to do with the medication and I let Nurse Debbie know what had happened minutes after. (This is the Hair Salon episode back in April that landed Bill in the ER.) So hopefully Dr. Khaled is trying to find a cause for these episodes of weakness and there is something he can do to help Bill.

After the scan we went to the Bamboo Club for an early dinner. Jean decided afterwards she wanted to go to Pier One around the corner. We made a deal that she would walk there instead of packing up the car and unloading it again. She agreed. So we walked to Pier One. I pushed Bill in his wheelchair and Jean walked behind us with her walker. The weather was nice, what would take a normal person 2 minutes to walk took us about 15. Jean was happy and joking about how long it was taking us, and how "what if it is closed by the time we got there." Once in Pier One Jean found a lot of things she wanted, but restrained herself from buying till the new house is done. We spent a total of 21.30 in the first transaction and then Jean spotted something else she had to have, for 16 dollars. The majority of the stuff she bought was for Skip and Joan, she kept 2 things for herself.

We came home, all was quiet, Jean wanted ice cream, so she sat at the kitchen looking at more catalogs and eating ice cream. Lights out at 10pm.

Today-Cookie came by at 11:30am- took Jean out to lunch and they are going to see the new house.

Things to note---
Sylvia and Jean want to invite Amanda and the girls for lunch or dinner.

I will come in early on Monday to take Bill to have his bloodwork done. He needs to stop eating at 8pm Sunday night, and may not have anything to eat or drink except water until after the test. It is a 12 hour fasting test.

Bill has a Dr. Khaled appointment in 2 weeks- I will provide dates and times if anyone else wants to go. Dr. Khaled will review the carotid scan, the bloodwork results, and monitor Bill's device.

Have a good weekend.