8PM - midnight

Yes, a long day... And it is not over.  Nothing bad is happening so relax:)

I have some time to fill so let me catch you up on things.

I went out to a deli to get some food and took it up to Kathy's suite to eat up there with her and Bob.  Yes, I said suite.  It seems organ donors are a special type of patient.... Hospital Royalty?

Kathy has a single room in the corner with windows on 2 walls, space for a King-size bed and a mini-bar.  OK, just a mini fridge:)

But she was in real good spirits, ate some food and was planning to do a little walking later this evening.

Dialysis Nurse Gloria found her way to see Yvonne in Recovery on her break and now came up to check in on Kathy.  What a sweetheart!

At 9PM I said goodnight to Kathy and Bob and headed down to visit Yvonne.

She was more alert and talkative and we started talking to her nurse Kristen about getting her into a regular room.  It seemed we were close.  But nope.

The red count was low so a transfusion was called for.  This seemed to take hours for some reason.  But it did give us time to tell Kristen about how we met, exchange nail polish tips (Yvonne), show her pictures of our cats and give her a Miramar card (Phil). Along the way I was given a pass and allowed to stay beyond the 30 minute visitor period. I'm in my 3rd hour now!  I promised to behave and Kristin said I could stay.

We watched the Yankee Game end on Slingbox (iPad) and now Yvonne is sleeping.

Her pressure is a little low and they are expecting that to go up into the normal range with the transfusion and then she will go to a room and then I will go home.