SLEEPY DAY

Lou had a somewhat restless night last night. She has a congestion in her throat that the nurse says sounds a lot worse than it is. It would come and go and cause her to cough quite a bit. Then today she went to sleep with an occasional cough and slept all day except when the nurse aide came to bathe her. The substitute nurse came at the same time around noon when Sue also came and said Lou's vitals were good except oxygen level was dropping.

She slept hard all afternoon and when she roused a little she didn't seem able to focus her eyes or to understand what we were saying. Then late this afternoon nurse Robin who was taking a day off came to see her and Lou roused and even spoke a word or two. Robin gave her a lot of morphine and because the oxygen level was dropping she hooked up the oxygen machine, so we now have almost as much noise in the bedroom as you would have in a hospital room, but they don't come in and wake you up to take tests.

Robin stayed until Lou's coughing ceased and her breathing is deep. This is towards the last stage of life and we don't know how long she will continue. Mark and MK are coming to spend tonight and Kathy will come in tomorrow night as soon as she can leave her job. Looks like a ton of people will be here this weekend.

Everyone asks about me. I got some sleep last night and even nodded this afternoon. I have had the radio on FM97.1 playing country music kinda quiet like and I think Lou approved of that.

Thank all of you for your prayers.