Thursday Noon

slacker here-

I just got off the phone with my brother Rex who called wanting to make sure that everything was alright since I didn't post yesterday. Let me assure you, in this case, no news is good news. If something bad was happening, you all would be the third to know (behind leaders at church and family). But, I must apologize to you all, there really is no excuse for no post, I just didn't get it done.

The last two days have been very good. Wednesday was pretty laid back as there was no big changes. The swelling in the leg has continued to go down, and the vascular surgeon says that in a few days she should be able to get back up and do some more PT as the blood thinners are working well. This is quicker than I was guessing, so that is good news as the sooner she can get up and around the better. Her hemoglobin has been going up and down, but the Dr's think that it's because she has been low on iron (she was low iron during the pregnancy). The Dr's continue to be amazed at her progress and strength, and are very positive about the future for Katie. Here is something cool, a neuro clinical nurse specialist came by as a consultant to the nurses here on North 3, and she says that in her 23 years of neuro work she has never seen anything like Katie before. That's our little miracle girl.

Over the last two days she has been more talkative then any other time to date. Unfortunately most of her wit and sarcasm is directed at me, and if I'm not around her mom gets it. She's even making the Dr's laugh at their discussions with her. Today she as been asking the Dr's what she needs to be doing, and this usually takes them by surprise. Most say nothing, but than Katie says to us later, "I think I really need to be doing something."

Yesterday, Katie was getting a pill the hard way (if you know what I mean) and so I stepped out of the room. Katie asked the nurse where I went and she said, "oh, he stepped out but he'll be back." To which she replied, "Dave needs a suppository!" This morning I had a little surprise, Katie called me on my cell phone while I was home. We talked for about 10 minutes. I asked how she felt and she said she's exhausted! I asked her why, and she said because of a real estate deal she was working on. Katie's aunt Jane brought a present for Sawyer up so that Katie could see it, it was a couple little outfits and a blanket, but it reminded Katie that she needed to work on Sawyers clothes closet (don't worry, Sawyers closet and dresser are just fine). This was good as there have been times when she doesn't remember that she even had a baby.

The kids are having a big day as well. Tay and Aubs are joining Mark and Dawn and their kids at the Iowa State Fair. The girls are most excited about corn dogs. Sawyer and Karen are making their first outing to Target to pick up a few things. School starts a week from today, so pray that I can get the little squirts back on a routine of going to bed before 10pm, or next Thursday morning will be a rude awakening.

Katie was getting a little frustrated with me a few minutes ago because I was typing on the computer instead of talking with her (her mom, uncle, and brother were with her so don't act all mad at me for ignoring my sick wife). She wanted to know what I was doing, and so I told her I was letting about 20,000 of her closest friends know what was going on with her. She got mad at me because she thought I was lying to her. So Kyle and Sue reaffirmed to her that I was in fact telling the truth and that there were people all over the world reading the blog and praying for her. "Wow", was her response. As is all of ours. Thanks.

ps- Sue is keeping a very detailed diary of the daily events, Dr's who came by, people who visited, etc... And Karen and I are taking pictures and video of the girls and Sawyer. Thanks for the ideas.