I can’t believe it’s already Thursday. This week has been CRAZY. I arrived on Saturday without any problems or delays.

Sunday we had a really nice prayer time after church that was an awesome experience for my dad and sister. My mom and I went to the mall because I DESPERATELY needed a new pair of jeans (I was really worried mine would split they’re so old). The mall was a complete zoo so I ended up just leaving…I couldn’t handle the craziness.

Monday my dad and I got up to leave the house at 6:30AM for the hospital. We got there in plenty of time to have them call him back 45 minutes AFTER his appointment was scheduled for. On top of that it took an hour longer than we’d expected. Just a fun day. But, my dad did fine so it wasn’t too bad.

Tuesday he had dialysis. My nephew had a difficult time Monday at school so I kept him home. Tuesday was pure craziness. Luckily I was able to get access to my home computer on Monday thanks to a friend going by to fix that.

Wednesday I had to stop by a clients for some stuff then came home to check on my dad. The nurse was here for his infusion to get his body ready to accept my sisters organ. The infusion was a little riskier than we first thought and he wasn’t taking it too well so my mom and I stayed home for the evening. The infusion was supposed to last about six hours. It ended up taking 12 hours. He had to have the same infusion today so we got his dialysis moved up to 6:30 this morning.

Thursday my dad was at dialysis at 6:30. He was very restless and just didn’t feel good. Dialysis went OK and he got home just after the nurse had arrived. He got started on the infusion and had a really difficult time with it. His blood pressure kept going up which meant they had to do a slower infusion. At the rate he was at it was going to take 24 hours to infuse him. Not acceptable at all. The nurse had him take the anxiety pills the doctor prescribed and that helped a little. Then his very good friend, our old pastor, showed up to spend the day with him. Immediately his blood pressure dropped. It was CRAZY. I had told the nurse that it would probably drop after he got here but didn’t expect it to happen that fast. But, we were lucky it did. He was done in about six or seven hours.

My brother arrived early evening, my dad’s sister and brother-in-law arrived just after that. They actually picked my brother up from the airport and brought him here. We had a great family evening.

Everyone is in bed now to get up early for tomorrow.

My dad, sister, mom, and brother are leaving at 6:30AM. I’m staying here with my nephew. He’s getting picked up at 9AM to spend the weekend with some friends of his. (His first sleepover at a friends house. ) My aunt and uncle are picking me up around noon to go up to the hospital.

Tomorrow will be a long day. But, it will be very nice to have this next step done.

Surgery is supposed to start at 3. Usually they would take my sister back first but they need to do some exploring in my dad to see where they will be able to put the new organ so he will go back first. Tami will probably be done around 6, my dad probably not until closer to 9 but hopefully sooner.

I should have updates tomorrow.

Till later…