a possibilitarian?

a better day today for my mom.  it seems that her elevating blood counts are helping her cope with the ongoing fever and infections.  she is still very run down and sleeps a lot but she is visibly better than yesterday (and that's really the goal everyday).  she got some more blood today (she keeps asking for the blood of a very young, healthy person).

i spent some time this afternoon watching her and my dad (both) sleep in the hospital room.  i'm sure my dad will need a chiropractor when my mom gets out of the hospital.  i did talk to the nurse when she came in about every 30 minutes to either give my mom medicine, change an IV or take vital signs.  i also managed to do a few more sudokus......i'm glad my brother bought a big book of them.

i'm looking forward to my mom's doctor being back tomorrow.  there was a lot of changing of meds over the weekend and it will be nice to hear his appraisal of her progress.  her white blood cells doubled again.  who knows what tomorrow brings?

 

my mother is growing used to her newly shone melon.....since she has had the fever the last couple days, she spent most of the time with a cool washcloth on top of her head (which was a sight, indeed).  today she went "commando" (if you can do that with your scalp).  i have gotten a few suggestions of 'famous bald people' i left out of my collage the other day......most notably elmer fudd.  i tried to keep them all photographs not cartoons....something to do with the gestalt of the design. there may be more artwork in the future.

anyhoo...keep up the positive thoughts and prayers.  i can feel a momentum growing that will have her putting a string of good days together this week. 

"Become a possibilitarian.  No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there."

- Norman Vincent Peale

blessings,

tim