Merry Christmas
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We wish you lots of health, a bit of wealth and lots of opportunities to spend time with those you love.
Caitlyn has had a good night; she has slept for most of it and she’s still sleeping. Santa filled her stocking and hung it on an IV pole – nice touch Santa. I’m anxious to have the other kids show up and open gifts. Caitlyn loves being the gift giver and we’ll have her do the same today I think. Yesterday her x-ray wasn’t the greatest so they tried a diuretic to see if the fluid on her lungs would be reabsorbed. Now that would be a great Christmas gift.
Many of the patients on the ward were given passes to go home for Christmas so the nursing staff had an easier night. Our nurse only had Caitlyn to care for. So, our nurse, Joanne, saw a bunch of our unwrapped presents lying in the procedure room and asked if she could wrap a couple. Usually that’s a late night Christmas Eve activity for Donna and I. We were grateful that 3 nursing elves actually wrapped all our gifts for us. There must be some skill transference between bandaging wounds and wrapping presents as they did a great job.
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