So far, so good. Tom stayed well throughout the weekend. He drank 1.7 litres on Saturday and well over 2 litres on Sunday. He had a bit of upset stomach on Saturday, but no fever, so we weren't unduly concerned.
I made a few cards at Carla's on Friday night (coming to a mailbox near many of you soon). As you can imagine, we have a high need for thank you cards. We have been the recipient of so many kindnesses. We are so grateful and so appreciative of our good fortune.
Tom's body is feeling achy this morning, and he hasn't much appetite, so we're hoping that some rest will fix him up. At this point, he's down 18 pounds from when we arrived, but he still looks really good. We're thinking since he's drinking the fluids as he should, they are flushing everything extra out, and that extra weight may have been retained fluids.
It's a sunshiny day here, supposed to go over 28 Celsius, so we're sure glad the air conditioning works!
We went over to the hospital for a brief checkup at the clinic. We had thought they'd do bloodwork, but that was not the case and we were out of there within the hour. Shortest visit ever! They just wanted to see him, check up on his intake, see if another fluid bolus was necessary (and it was not!). Tomorrow is the big checkup, where we'll learn for sure if they will transfer Tom back to Regina's clinic's care. I've started making a list of questions already...It would be so terrific if we could be on our way home at just a few days shy of 2 months, instead of the 3 to 4 months away from home that we were prepared for!
Mike found out through friends that the No. 1 Highway, which had been closed from Medicine Hat to the Saskatchewan border due to the flooding in the Medicine Hat/Irvine/Maple Creek areas, has reopened. We're very glad to hear that as re-routing would have added over 2 hours to our return trip. We sure have been thinking about the folks who lost so much in the floods, and counting our blessings.
Tonight there's a special dinner at RMH, being cooked by local top chefs. Hors d'oeurves are at 5:30, Dinner is at 6:00 PM - real linens, the works! We're all looking forward to this treat! I don't think I mentioned that we met a cousin of Mike's here. I had been chatting with her, she's super nice, and we had already become 'facebook friends'. I thought her last name had a familiar ring, but didn't make too much of it. Then Mike met her in the kitchen one day, and she mentioned she was from Saskatchewan. A 'little town you've probably never heard of, called Mankota'. In actual fact, Mankota is very familiar to us, because it's the home town of Mike's mom's family. Turns out, her grandma and Mike's grandma are sisters. Who would've thought we'd connect with cousins, here at RMH.
My friend that I mentioned in a recent post has found a sitter for July, but still needs someone for August, so any and all leads would be greatly appreciated!
Yesterday, we received an email update on Michael, who is the son of a friend of my Mike's. He's been journeying a long time with cancer and it's looking like the end is near. Please join us in praying for a miracle, and if one is not to be, that the Mathies family will be surrounded by love and positive energy as they help their son through this next phase.
Bless you all, thank you for keeping us - and our friends - in your prayers. I pray for your continued health and well-being.
Sincerely,
Thomas' Mom
