Week 2 Update

Sorry for the lack of updates. Here's a long overdue update and I'll post some photos later.

We arrived home on Saturday afternoon and it felt really nice to be out of the hospital. John and Sue brought Rusty home on Sunday to meet his new roommate. Rusty sniffed her a little bit but mostly kept his distance. However, whenever she cried, he came over to check on her. So we think they'll be best friends in no time at all.

After spending the weekend at home, we realized we missed the hospital and it's squadron of helpful nurses so we went back on Monday. Actually, Nancy was running a high fever on Monday morning and the doctor was concerned that an infection had set in.

After a battery of tests, they brought in a specialist on infectious diseases (the same thing that "House" does on tv) and he determined that Nancy had e-coli caused by a bladder infection which may have been triggered by the catheter. At least I think that's what he said.

He changed her antibiotics and Nancy's been doing great. She hasn't had a fever in 24 hours! There's a chance we can go home tomorrow but it may not be until Friday. They want to make sure we don't have to come back again anytime soon.

Except for a brief 36-hour intermission, we've spent the last 11 days in the hospital. The guy at the pizza counter in the cafeteria has seen a lot of me. Luckily today there are basketball games on tv all day and Man U vs Lille is on espn2.

Yesterday I loaded Katherine up in the bjorn and walked her around the hospital. She was a big hit. She's going to challenge Rusty for the title of cutest thing in the neighborhood.

Nancy's mom arrives tomorrow from Connecticut and rumor has it that she has a bag full of pink clothes for her only granddaughter.

UConn is playing now so I'd better take care of Katherine so her mom can yell at the tv.