Thursday, May 1, 2008

Homeward Bound!

Russ is getting to go home today! I think it was harder on him when he felt well than when he actually felt bad! Thanks for taking care of us this week--your visits & calls & comments made us smile & your prayers brought us peace.

Russell's college roommate, Ben Fox, brought some true artillery for the inmate & we had target practice. Good thing I was a 'ball girl' at tennis tournaments as a kid because that was my role here, too.

Katie provided hours of entertainment, medical consults & caffeine. ps--This is RL's "so sick" face.

And, this is the nerdy side coming out. They were doing a Doppler ultrasound of RL's leg vessels; the color you see tells you which direction the blood's flowing & there are little waveforms which tell you how fast the blood is flowing. Anyhow, they did a bunch of extra studies of RL's blood vessels to make sure nothing was wrong with his arterial or venous circulations. Everything was normal (which we expected), but since the redness involved only 1 toe, they wanted to rule out a blockage.


We did a lot of film screenings this week & this was our favorite...refreshingly funny, surprisingly sweet! "He is the cheese to my macaroni."


We're glad to be headed home!

4 comments:

Leslie Hutchins said...

I am glad he is headed home & that he had as fun as a hospital stay that he could have. Is his toe still hurting him or did the antibiotic treatment help his pain as well? You also seem to be such a good sport as well! Take care & I am glad he is a lot better now. He is lucky to have a wife like you who knew that after the shot and Bactrim tx he probably needed some more aggressive treatment. Take care & get some rest yourself.

Leslie

The Drama Mama said...

YEA, for the good news!

I am so glad you guys were able to entertain yourselves so well...but with you two, this is expected! If I am ever in the hospital, y'all will have to come visit me just to keep me laughing! :)

Way to go Sara for your great support (and keeping us posted)! We are glad Russell is better and headed home!!

Sara S. said...

Wonderful! So glad Russell is better and back home!

Sunni at The Flying Mum said...

Love that movie!

Glad y'all are going home!