9:45pm - I arrive at the hospital for the night shift. Kristen's dad is with her. Kristen is a lot of pain. Talk with her for about 10 or 15 minutes. Nurse comes in and adds some medicine for nausea to her I.V.Krist asks for ice chips...the nurse says no.
10:30pm - I've got tons of stuff to tell Krist about our day at home, but she's just too tired. I watch "Will and Grace" while eating something delicious that was cooked up in the mind of two guys named Ben and Jerry.
10:45pm - Head out to the waiting room on our floor to search for wi-fi. Buy a Diet Coke and learn right quick that there's no wireless internet around here. I drink my soda while a dude named A.J. Hammer (yeah right) can't stop talking about Charlie Sheen-Alec Baldwin-Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee-Kid Rock and some woman who's suing Victoria Secret for a defective thong.
10:55pm - Get back into the room, start getting my bed ready. Look longingly at the DVD of "Rambo" that I brought. Should I pop it in? Fill my mind with senseless violence and an even more senseless storyline before going to bed?
11:00pm - Nurse comes in to give Krist pain medicine. Kristen is asleep with five or six minutes. I brush teeth and climb into bed. I decide to give "Rambo" a try, but I have the iPod cued up w/ some Lemonheads to put me to sleep. Why does Evan Dando's music put me to sleep? I guess he's smoked so much weed it comes through the mics and up into my ear buds.
12:00am - Turn off "Rambo" and immediately fall asleep.
1:30am - Kristen accidentally knocks off her TV remote/call button and it wakes us both up. I get it for her, help her get fixed in bed again.
1:30am-7:00am - Sleep like a rock. Hear a few nurses come in and some discussion about Kristen's heart monitor showing a green light, which means a patient is dead. Yeah, I slept through that. (Thankfully, Krist and the nurse were justmaking a little early-morning witty banter.)
7:30am - Wake up when Krist's parents show up for their shift.
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For those of you praying, thank you! Here's what we're asking: Pray that Kristen's enzyme levels will continue to drop. We've still got a way to go before we can proceed with surgery. Right now, the doctors are predicted that we'll do the preliminary "scope" on Monday. We'd love it if things were moving faster, but we understand that Kristen's body just needs time to rest.
Pray that she'll sleep soundly and that her visitors will be minimal. She likes people seeing her, but she's also trying to sleep through her pain and anytime she's awakened, it's hard to rest again.
Pray for the rest of the family (us and the extended crew.) This is starting to take its toll on us. Pray that we'll have great attitudes and that God will bless our resting!
1:30am-7:00am - Sleep like a rock. Hear a few nurses come in and some discussion about Kristen's heart monitor showing a green light, which means a patient is dead. Yeah, I slept through that. (Thankfully, Krist and the nurse were justmaking a little early-morning witty banter.)
7:30am - Wake up when Krist's parents show up for their shift.
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For those of you praying, thank you! Here's what we're asking: Pray that Kristen's enzyme levels will continue to drop. We've still got a way to go before we can proceed with surgery. Right now, the doctors are predicted that we'll do the preliminary "scope" on Monday. We'd love it if things were moving faster, but we understand that Kristen's body just needs time to rest.
Pray that she'll sleep soundly and that her visitors will be minimal. She likes people seeing her, but she's also trying to sleep through her pain and anytime she's awakened, it's hard to rest again.
Pray for the rest of the family (us and the extended crew.) This is starting to take its toll on us. Pray that we'll have great attitudes and that God will bless our resting!
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