July 1

The docs have ordered an abdominal scan because now that she's stable they want to figure out what started all this to begin with -- yeah!

John just called. He's at Dad's house and will probably be there for a week. He will take Dad to visit Mom tomorrow, Monday. I will meet them there then they will follow me to Alice and Jim's house -- my in-laws with whom we are living next week so that they can watch the kids for us while day care is closed. This way, John can meet Carter and reacquaint himself with Gracie.

Kim and Stephanie, Mom's nieces, visited her today. Here's what they had to say. They checked in with very positive feedback. It seems as though more sedative has worked its way out of Mom's system because she was aware of her surroundings. She cannot speak because of the ventilator but she communicated with her facial expressions and with her eyes. Her vitals are all good without the assistance of medicine. Her gut is processing nutrition at the level they expect. The vent is still assisting her lungs. Her liver function is slightly better but still not normal. She's still on dialysis; kidneys still aren't working. She doesn't have a temp! Diaria continues. She's on steroids for lung assistance so her blood sugar is still high.