It is April

It is MOMMA, on behalf of brother Joe, whose job it was to be the BLOG buddy tonight.  Joe has been busy with his CYO life... winning the City Championship in Basketball and starting the Baseball season in good form.  So far, the Bulldogs are 2-0 and off to a good start, even though Em has not seen him play yet.


To be brief, after coming home from the hospital on Friday afternoon, Em laid low, felt low all weekend.  Spent a fair amount of time with "her head up" and in a bucket.  Just felt sick and our new term "crummy".  Late Sunday, she perked up and has benefited by IV fluids at home via home health care.


Tonight we have some minor technical difficulties with that, so Em will simply have to keep drinking, eating her popsicles and drinking juice with vigor.  She has great color in her cheeks, a beautiful smile and laughed at me all evening.... so it is good to see the real Emmy again.


We will rest up, may pay a visit to our friends at S20 tomorrow to check in and have an update.  Home health care has been wonderful, as it has provided Em the chance to "chill" at home.  Her vitals and all other indicators are good... she just has to force the consumption to keep feeling good... the less she does, the worse she feels.  I told her if it were easy, she would have this down, no problem.  It is NOT easy.


Nurses Daisy and Lily are her best caregivers, right behind Mackenzie and Joe, who are able to help when they are home and do a fine job. Daisy slept with Em last night with one paw on her arm the whole night.  When the "real" nurses stop in, she never takes her eye off them.  Lily is right their too, laying across her good leg and watching the bedroom door.  No worries here when they are on shift.


Em is getting her workouts... laps around the first floor, Joe holding the IV pole, some balance training on the ball with light weights and stretch bands.... lots of good, deep breaths.  Still some residual fluid under lungs, but NOTHING like she had just a few short weeks ago.  Sunny days and crutching a bit outside will be a part of her routine.  Em will benefit from Kenz who is full throttle into some really great workouts... can hardly wait to get her sister going....


More will follow... just wanted to do Joe's job tonight... he will have to BLOG another time and he has given up on the NCAA final game and gone to bed.  Funny how MARCH MADNESS ends in April.... just about as good as BCS games to mid January and the Superbowl in February... oh well, we enjoy it all and send our shout out Jenn and family in Kansas... feeling the Jayhawk love with 3 minutes to go.


Thanks for all the support, thanks to Lyn and Ashley for running in Chicago for Em yesterday...  the Warblers from Glee sending a shout out to Em as well.... lots of love coming Emmy's way.  Please know that she accepts it, breathes it in and sends it back to all.