Sunday, July 19th. Update.

Hello All~
Jan continues to be on the mend. :)

She had some small amount of fluid in her lungs that was causing her to be a bit short of breath. She continues to be on a low level of oxygen to help with this. At approximately noon (pacific time) today, she got results of a second x-ray (of her lungs) and the results showed less fluid than yesterday! Yay! :)

Jan is also getting up and walking around (which will also help with lessening the fluid). More importantly, getting around well means she'll be heading home soon. :) Right now, it appears that she will be ready to go home on Tuesday. However, the doctor said today that if she just felt wonderful tomorrow (he said "it could happen")...then she could be ready tomorrow... :) I tend to be cautiously optimistic and (given that I generally let my feelings be known...) let Jan know that I thought that extra day might be a good thing...just to have some extra help for a little longer. Hee, hee. ;)

Jan was moved to a "regular" room yesterday (and out of the ICU) which is nice...as for one thing it is much much quieter...except for one patient next door who can't hear well and turns up his tv really loud... He also was yelling a bit yesterday...then was scolded for a foul word. Oops. lol. I encouraged Jan to let the nurse know when it is too loud because the patient had probably fallen asleep anyway. ha ha ha.

Let's see....what else?...umm... Joe, Janae, our Dad, Alfonso, Brendan, Bob, and Karen all visited yesterday... which Jan loved. I told her I didn't want to stay too long since all of us might wear her out (and this is supposed to be rest time) and she said "oh no...I enjoy it" (having visitors)... then she promptly asked the nurse if they would allow me to stay AFTER visiting hours to help "organize" her things. hee hee hee. :) That's my sis. xoxoxo

We are considering a shower today... Jan really wants to be able to shower...doesn't showering feel good? :) We will see how this goes...

She is looking forward to another visit from Joe and Janae and is expecting that they will probably be able to come down after church today. I also hope to be able to see those two... :) as I missed their visit yesterday.

I have now checked out of my hotel and after spending some of the day with Jan...I will be heading back to Bellingham... :( This is a hard one...and I am torn... I would like to stay longer, but I do miss other family members in Bellingham (e.g. husband).

Thank you for all of your well wishes, positive thoughts, and prayers.

Will post more soon....and if anyone who visits Jan (or has some thoughts to share) would like to start a new thread or post how their visit was...please feel free!!! That might be nice for others as well as for Jan. I am guessing she will be able to be "online" once she returns home... :)

Much love to you all~
~Nancy