Monday

I wrote a post for yesterday morning, but have not updated you as to how the rest of the day went, so I will do that now.

After the visit from Dr. Abraham that morning, Kim was feeling pretty good. She did get tired as the day went along, but we had a lot of great visitors:

Melissa came into town with Marcia and her children. While they did a few other things around town, Mel stayed and watched a few movies with us. Then, Marcia came in and we all had a nice little visit. Not long after they left, another friend of Kim's, Sarah, dropped in for a little while. And, not long after her, Irish, one of the more hilarious nurses on the floor, stopped by to wish Kim a little Island Cheer (for this I will refer to the saying: a picture says a thousand words. Just check it out!)

Mom and Dad came in the evening, bearing gifts and goodies for Kim: a poster for her wall, some snacks, and... 3 lb. dumbells! She hasn't used them yet, but if you know Kim- you'll know that she's definitely going through workout withdrawals!

Kim was due to have the dressing on her chest IV changed, and because we will have to do it for her on the days she will be at home, we had a small lesson from the nurse, and then watched her change Kim's dressing. She first showed us how it would work on their practice dummy, Chester Chest. I am attaching a photo I pulled off the internet of what he looks like- in part, so you can see what Kim has stuck in her. Up until this point, it had been kept covered. She was a little creeped out to see it coming out of her... but it's something we will get used to.

Kim has the type of line that you see on the left side of the picture (or right side of his chest). This keeps the ports outside of her body, and deposits the fluids right into the main vein leading into her heart. The only difference is that she has dual lines (like headphones- they combine before the plug in, but split for your ears. This way she can get two different types of medicine at once.)