You Got Me Outta Stitches

Current update, as of Monday nite, 6/7.

Dana was released on her own recognizance Saturday afternoon. We immediately went home and slept for four hrs before even thinking about dinner. Overnight she slept about 7 hrs straight, by far the longest in over a week. Someone suggested I wake her up around 3 or 4 to check her blood pressure or test her blood sugar, but to do this it would actually require me to awaken at that time, which was just not going to happen.  

Sunday was pretty much a rest day, a little walk down to the Strand (concrete walking path along the beach) but  not that strenuous. The boys wanted to go to Griffith Observatory but the online info shouted such danger signs as "not much parking" and "many inclines" and "lot of walking" and "it's a busy weekend stay home." So we took them to the airport and sent them home to Chicago. Went back to the house to make a real home-cooked steak dinner for her, and early bedtime.

Remember a few months ago when there was a 4.0 earthquake in Pingree Grove IL? The epicenter was 2 miles from our house! It startled her awake, I was half awake and said "probably just an earthquake, you can go back to sleep" but she couldn't and spent the next few hrs looking at geological maps online.

Well last night was Deja Vu all over again. Middle of the night, about 2:15am we were wakened by the sound of an army tank dropping on the house. "Probably just another earthquake, you can go back to sleep" I said half-awake. This was just like being at home. Except this one was 8 miles to the west, out in the ocean. Surfin' waves musta been killer this morning! Not that I would know about that...

Well Monday 10:00am was time to take the sutures out, just one more step in the healing process. The Nurse had a little trouble, they were designed to pull right out but she had healed so quickly, they had fused under the skin and scab. Had to call in the doctor, he couldn't. Our surgeon was busy in surgery so thus began the contemplation, how do they get them out? One of the options was to go back into the OR for 15 mins or so to cut it back open, under local anest, but she had eaten that day.

eventually it was decided to do it in the exam room as clean as possible to hopefully prevent infection. The doctor cut it into four pieces under the skin and took it out that day. This was of course extremely painful and she sat on her hands to keep from strangling someone. Doctor Dave, the Golden Retriever pictured in the last post, would have been a welcome guest at this point.

So she's back home safe now. We're trying to make the final flight arrangements to return to Chicago on Friday. Thank you for your kind comments and email. I've been reading them all to her and she is very grateful for the support. Tomorrow she will probably be able to reply to them by herself, right now her eye is still a little swollen and hard to focus. Bye for now!

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PS...I posted that at 4:38... at 5:00 I went to talk to Dana while she was lying down, and we felt another earthquake together! It lasted a couple seconds, seemed stronger than last night but not as loud. I was surfin' on the bedroom floor! Gotta go check the Geo site..... she wants to come home NOW!... To the land of tornadoes...