I tried to post a new video interview with Jerry, but it's taking a long time to process through Youtube, so for now, I'll just recap the latest events. I may have to publish the interview in multiple installments.
Jerry had a couple of rough days right after coming home from his platelet transfusion at Arlington Memorial. His arthritis really flared up and he stayed in bed a couple of days. He started getting up and around yesterday with his new wheel chair, and today is getting around on his own with no wheelchair or walker. The last time he had a transfusion his arthritis also flared up, so there seems to be some kind of connection. The transfusion at Arlington Memorial took 43 hours and the transfusion he received at M. D. Anderson took 5, so Mom and Dad are headed back to Houston tomorrow just to be close, just in case. Also, Arlington Memorial doesn't have high speed wireless, which really irritated Nolie, and I think that's funny. Who would have ever thought that my mother would care about having high speed wireless.
I have learned a couple of things in the last couple of days. One, is that it is much more difficult
to put socks onto a person other than yourself than it looks. I have also learned that when helping someone put on a button down shirt, it is much easier to do both arms at once from behind, like when you try on suits, instead of one arm at a time from the front. I know the "help from behind" thing also applies to recent college graduates who check into a hotel for their first big job interview, then realize on the morning of the interview that they do not know how to tie a tie. Believe me, I see this more often than I should. How do you graduate from college and not know how to tie a tie? I digress.
There was a traffic jam this morning in the hall as I was on my way to the kitchen to get coffee. I think I'm going to get Jerry an orange triangle for his new chair, like the ones the Amish people have on their buggies.
Jerry had a couple of rough days right after coming home from his platelet transfusion at Arlington Memorial. His arthritis really flared up and he stayed in bed a couple of days. He started getting up and around yesterday with his new wheel chair, and today is getting around on his own with no wheelchair or walker. The last time he had a transfusion his arthritis also flared up, so there seems to be some kind of connection. The transfusion at Arlington Memorial took 43 hours and the transfusion he received at M. D. Anderson took 5, so Mom and Dad are headed back to Houston tomorrow just to be close, just in case. Also, Arlington Memorial doesn't have high speed wireless, which really irritated Nolie, and I think that's funny. Who would have ever thought that my mother would care about having high speed wireless.
I have learned a couple of things in the last couple of days. One, is that it is much more difficult
to put socks onto a person other than yourself than it looks. I have also learned that when helping someone put on a button down shirt, it is much easier to do both arms at once from behind, like when you try on suits, instead of one arm at a time from the front. I know the "help from behind" thing also applies to recent college graduates who check into a hotel for their first big job interview, then realize on the morning of the interview that they do not know how to tie a tie. Believe me, I see this more often than I should. How do you graduate from college and not know how to tie a tie? I digress.
There was a traffic jam this morning in the hall as I was on my way to the kitchen to get coffee. I think I'm going to get Jerry an orange triangle for his new chair, like the ones the Amish people have on their buggies.
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