Marcy's Daily Updates

We made it out yesterday. Marcy was in her chair from about 1-6:30. She needed suctioning only once - after we were home and she was still in her chair. But she has been totally exhausted ever since. She asked for Oxycodone last night before transferring from the chair to bed. And even though she took a sleeping pill at bedtime last night, she was awake and in excruciating pain (she blinked that word to me) this morning at 6 & asked for Oxycodone then, too. At her 8a IV this morning she was awake again and asked for more medicines. Also, her trach secretions have been moderately volumous since the transfer yesterday.

Kara was scheduled to work yesterday but is still having car trouble and couldn't get here.

Marcy was was very excited to go out yesterday, but seemed drowsy and sometimes unresponsive on our errands. We (Marcy, Darcy, Cricket, and I) went to the bank to make a deposit, to downtown Franklin to see if a gallery would buy a couple of numbered prints donated to the yard sale (they didn't,) to Wal-Mart and Staples for school supplies for Darcy (she starts Monday,) to Costco for juicing supplies, and to Linens and things to return some curtain rods she bought last week.

Matt did a few chores yesterday morning then worked yesterday from 11-6. When we were in Staples for Darcy's supplies, he helped us find things and didn't seem embarrassed by his Mom & Dad being at work like he did when we visited him at Office Depot last year. Matt came home for supper then went out with friends and spent the night at Michael's.

Daily Prayer for Marcy: Rebuild strength from outing. Total relief from pain and discomfort.

12,363 signatures on the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition petition. I plan to keep asking for signatures until we hear from producers of the show. It only takes 30 seconds to sign. Our extreme wish list here.

Still some openings in August's Dinner Calendar. (click to see.)

F:4, J:2, I:1, Y:4, B:20, A:2, O:1, T:1, IV Ceftazadine:3, Levaquin:1 Key