Halloween

Fun day, Halloween, although a bit more action-packed than I'm used to. Shoveled what was left of that foot of snow off the front walk. Went and got the shared snowblower from our neighbor, and used it on the driveway, then knocked down the snowbanks in the road in front of our house and a few others. Walked the dog around the neighborhoods. Had breakfast with Ken at IHOP. Went hunting for Halloween candy, and had a bit of an adventure, trying to find everything on K's grocery list in a Super Target I rarely visit. Brought the Halloween decorations out of the back of the crawl space, and got everything setup by sunset. Walked Mandy down through the icy path in Lee Gulch. Cooked up a couple of pizzas, and enjoyed handing out treats to 30+ kids. Wound down with a cup of tea, then packed up the all decorations, and stashed them back in the crawl space. Now, what to do with that friggin' dragon?!

Snow day

It snowed most of the day today, but hardly any of it stuck, at least around our neighborhood. It was a fun atmosphere.

Recovering

K was in good spirits today, all things considered. They haven't unwrapped her foot yet, maybe tomorrow. Her brother visited in the morning, before heading off on I-70 for parts West. We watched a VCR movie this evening - "Lovely and Amazing" - and slept through part of it. Mandy waited patiently outside in the car, all snuggled up under her blanket in the back seat.

Out of Surgery

K got out of surgery late this morning. She's minus her big toe. The Ortho doc says he had to take quite a bit around the toe as well.

K at St Jo

John and I took K to a doc appt at noon. He looked at her foot, and admitted her to St Joseph hospital for IV antibiotics, and set the Ortho guys loose on her. Some kind of foot surgery looks likely. She got her Friday dialysis in the late afternoon, then they sent her back to her room. She's pretty much wiped out. They gave her antibiotics during dialysis, but they also started IV antibiotics in her room, as I was leaving tonight. They took X-Rays of her foot for the Ortho doc to review before tomorrow's 7am surgery. =(

Not Good

I just saw K's left foot for the first time in awhile, as she was changing the bandage tonight. The wound has grown a frightening amount, wrapping up around the side of her foot, her foot is swollen and hot, and her temperature is up. I tried to convince her to let me take her to the ER tonight, but she balked. She didn't want to go until after the shift change later in the morning.