Jan 1

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I had a party in my room last night, well sort of. They gave me one tablet of Benadryl and I slept better than I have since I've been here. I'm going to ask for one again tonight cause I felt a little better today. I've been getting headaches the last two days about mid-day. I got a fever again today but haven't asked for tylenol yet, maybe it will just pass. My red cells were at 8.1 so they are giving me two bags of transfusion as soon as they can get it, what's another bag or two, huh? LOL! Mary got here early again and our visit was good, we watched football, yeah! I have been working nights for 4 years and my sports watching has been cut way down. On Sundays I go to church and then we usually do something together so I haven't seen much football either. Deb and Dana came a little later and brought tacos and lasagna. (I chose a taco) My granddaughter Hailey is still sick and when I talked to her on the phone she said, "I'm sick too, Papa!" I told her we were praying for her, that I loved her and would see her after a while. Before they gave me the transfusions they gave me Benadryl again. This time it had the opposite effect, it's 11:30pm and I'm still wide awake. I did finish the transfusion about 20 minutes ago. For something different I put on a mask (I need to put one on every time I go out of my room) and went into the waiting area, pulling Baxter all the while. Just for something to do I walked from one end of the waiting area to the other over and over for a little excercise. I hope it helps me sleep. I still feel pretty good. I get those fevers about 3pm every day but they seem to be getting milder. One of the nurses told me today that I would definitely be really sick before I go home, but other nurses and the doctor too told me I might not get any more symptoms than the ones I have. One thing I know is that I don't know a whole lot! LOL! It's true, its all a waiting game, the doctor doesn't even know how my body will respond so she can't give my any time line. I want to go home so bad but I know I need to be here. The walls of my room are very familiar now, too familiar, think they'd let me paint in here? Do a mural? I could paint a picture of my time in "the room" and then the next person would know what happened here, like in the cave man days. (no disrespect to cave men!!!) I had the lasagna for dinner (they warmed it in the microwave) and I'm not sure but I think my appetite is coming back a little, that would be good!!! Its really hard to force yourself to eat, especially when its hospital food. I know, in an earlier blog I said the food here was good. After eating the food here for a little over a week, I can say that it all starts looking and smelling alike, but I'm not complaining Lord, I thought the manna thing was a great idea!!! LOL! Well, enough rambling for now.
I would like to wish everyone a very happy new year and may this year's resolution be to understand the bible's clear promise that we can know for sure that we're going to heaven someday. It was pretty exciting for me when I found this out and I love talking about it because now I don't have to guess anymore! If anyone wants to know more, please email me. May God richly bless you all.
IN HIS HANDS,
Ernie