Colleen: update [2]

(Background: Colleen is in the hospital for what's looking like a 6-week stay. See this post for the previous update, and the Starport web page for up-to-date contact info, including room#.)

The bottom line is that it will take about six weeks for Colleen's intestine to heal. They can't remove the bad part surgically because repaired segments tend to turn into problems down the line. Can't win, in other words.

As of this morning she was rather grumpy. It's well known that grumpy old people survive better, so I'm rather encouraged by this in a backhanded sort of way.

This morning she had just gotten the news that they were going to move her to a different room, but as far as I know it hasn't happened yet -- I'll post when/if it does. Hopefully the new room will have Wi-Fi as well as cell phone service (which she does have, fortunately); I'm also bringing in a travel router in case Kaiser's IT staff need something trustworthy they can plug into their LAN.

Now that we've sort-of gotten over the shock, the household is starting to adapt. I'm proud and delighted at the way our chaoswolf has stepped into the role of interim alpha female in the household, taking things like phone calls, Wednesday pizza, grocery shopping, and transportation arrangements in stride. Kudos for our Wolfling daughter.

I've been adjusting as well, working hospital visits into my schedule again, and changing my online priorities. I'll still keep up with my friends list, but will probably make fewer comments and spend less time active on IM.

I'll be heading out to see her in a couple of minutes. More later tonight.

Colleen[3]: moving

Just got the word that Colleen will be moving, sometime in the next hour or so, to room 4319. Being on the fourth floor it should have good cell reception; WiFi is, of course, anybody's guess.

She's in good spirits according to her friend Marty (listed as her sister for visiting purposes); M only works mornings, so will be visiting Colleen most afternoons. (Some of the good spirits can be attributed to the good drugs, but we're not complaining. Morphine is Good Stuff.)

(Background: Colleen is in the hospital for what's looking like a 6-week stay, with no food. Flowers are always welcome. See this post for more detail, and the Starport web page for up-to-date contact info, including room#.)