Keep Running! -Kim

I hope all of you had a great Christmas. Ours was different, of course, but it was really nice to be together and feel like Kim is going to be okay. The best part of the day was when Mike called. We were able to talk to him here in Kim's room, and even though she wasn't really with it, she was still With Us, and it was wonderful. It sounds like Mike is doing really great. I'm just so glad that we were able to be upbeat about Kim's condition.
As a side note, did you guys know that I've started a blog for Mike? I haven't done too much with it yet, but there should be at least a weekly update from now on as to how he is doing. The address is eldermikenelson.blogspot.com
We opened a couple of presents here in the room, but we're saving our Real Christmas for when Kim comes home. She doesn't even remember yesterday, so it doesn't matter that we didn't do too much.
I forgot to tell you in my last post a little more about Kim's infection. Because she is fighting it her whole body through, despite it being centralized in her lungs now, she's swollen and puffy all over her body. She is also slightly jaundiced (turning yellow) because of a billyruben buildup from one of her neutrition fluids vs. still having a hard time flushing it out of her body.
They think they have her more or less stabalized now. She's still very sedated, and can't move much at all, or talk. But she can sometimes nod, or shake her head to communicate, and can squeeze our hands and wiggle her feet. They are going to get her started on some basic physical therapy on Monday.
What we are really waiting for now is Kim's blood counts to start building up again. They should be coming up any time from now, to a couple more weeks from now if she is slow, and that's when her body will be able to better eutalize the antibiotics, and really start to heal itself.

I wanted to give a special thank you to all of you who have brought gifts for Kim or our family. Even though we haven't opened them yet, we told her that so many people are thinking about her, and she seems to really appreciate that.
Also, I wanted to let Kim's friends know that she felt really terrible about not getting your gifts to you before Christmas. But she has them, and when she is better and at home, she wants to give them to you.