Cyn is home. When we got to her house, she looked around a little bit and then got into bed and promptly fell into a deep sleep nap for about an hour. When she awoke she got up, walked around, into the bathroom and brushed her teeth. She was moving so fast I told her to please slow down... she was making me nervous and if she fainted or fell Eloise and I would have to figure out how to pick her up! She said "ok", and proceeded to turn the radio on in the bathroom and get cleaned up. She doesn't have much of a voice and when she tries to talk, its mostly in a soft whisper so you have to get close to listen. Her bronchial tube is affected, which is why, the doctor says, she sounds like shes breathing out while she talks-- sort of a breathless whisper.

Then she sat with us for a little bit, sipped on some warm water and went through the mail. She must have gotten tired again, because after that she crawled into bed and asked me if I could administer her nausea medicine. (Joe and I had been schooled by the nurse on how to crush up the prescription pill, mix it with warm water to dissolve, flush the feeding tube then run the prescription mix into the feeding tube, etc). I got to do it on my own, with Josie watching, since Joe had gone out to get the rest of the prescriptions filled. Success all around.

Josie and I left Joe around 9 tonight. I do hope that they have an uneventful night. It seemed okay so far. No major nausea yet, but we'll have to see in the next couple days.

We all talked this evening and right now she doesn't want too many visitors besides immediate family (who can help Joe out), because she wants to work on getting stronger and trying to keep down clear fluids for the next couple weeks. She says thats her first goal-- to try and keep down stuff and get off the feeding tube. Her doctor says that's great, but to take it very slowly since she has not had anything in her stomach for almost 3 weeks. I'll let you all know here on the blog, when it seems like she's feeling strong consistently and its a good time to start visiting.

If you want to send her some good wishes feel free to send her an email. She awakens around 7am and immediately checks her email. She tries to answer too, but I don't think she gets to do that on many. Anyhow, her email is cfilarca@yahoo.com.