Rod's Stats:
Platelets: 109,900
WBC: 4.9 (Better Low Normal)
Temperature: 97.6 degrees
BP: Normal
Today the blog has been delayed by a lack of internet access at the apartment where Dad, Joan and Sue are staying. Hopefully the internet problem will be resolved shortly before everybody decided to go hang out at the hospital for intent!
Dad went into the hospital for his normal check up and everything went well. It sounds like Dad will get Sunday off for some R&R. Dad mentioned that he can never get any sleep at the hospital because they wake him every 3 hours for vitals. Anybody staying in the room with him also get woken up every 3 hours as well...
Saturday Mom came down for a visit to talk about the horses and to finalize several of the new contracts Dad has coming up. It sounds very much like Dad will have lots of work to do when he finally gets back to normal life. For those of you that know Dad well working in his favorite hobby! Also, other good news is that
Dr. Chung (Dads professor at UAH) would like him to graduate next year after running just a few more plasma computer simulations. That it certainly something to look forward to!
Today I had to do a bit of shopping for everybody and then was able to head down to visit. Unfortunately I did not make it down to Birmingham until about 5;00 so it was a late visit. Today was also the first time the Self Reliance Systems, LLC sponsored BBQ Team was able to compete and they did very well overall! When I finally got to BHam we unloaded the car and the Aunts were able to head off for a walk.
Dad and I chatted for a while about all the normal work items, upcoming work items, Leaf news, SBIR news etc. All more proof that Dad is ready to head out! The Aunts returned after about 45 minutes where we turned out attention to some chow. The decision was made to order some pizza. A funny bi-product of the pizza order was Joan and Sue's discovery of the 'front door' of the apartment. The apartment layout requires that if you park in the back you have to labor up 2 flights of stairs....but if you walk around the front you just head inside. I am sure the new discovery will benefit everybody in the future.
After dinner we all set down and were able to have several good conversations on web page fabrication, software and smart phones. It is agreed that technology moves at almost an exponential rate and it is so very hard to keep up with all aspects of it! Hopefully Joan and Sue will be getting their new iPhones soon! ;-)
Hopefully today the internet access will be restored and the blog will resume as normal!
We like the Blog today, Alex!!! We still don't have Internet access at the apt., but got some computing stuff done at the hospital this morning while your dad was getting his IV fluids.
ReplyDeleteNo blood taken today, so not WBC count or other stats. But, temp and BP are normal. Weight is up to 139.9 lbs. Rod feels pretty good today. His fatigue is still present, but much less so than yesterday. Dr. Shelton told him today that the fatigue will take some time to fade. But, gradually, Rod will get his energy back, so time will work in his favor.
Well, we are done early today at the hospital. They had us come in on Sunday because it is so much quieter. We have Monday off!