May 16 Sat. morning

We are home! Paper work, last minute good-byes, pictures, exchange of contact info. with friends, last minute instructions--CPR with a halo vest of all things as we were escaping down the hall. I told Faye, the nurse, a sweetheart by the way, "This just won't happen today. I couldn't deal with it if it did!" She said, "O.K. I just have to tell you about it just in case." And finally at 10:00 on the dot we were driving away! Madonna Good-Bye--Home here we come! We were so excited!

Trip home was cold, wet, and drippy or pouring down rain. First glitch was the pharmacy. I had Timothy's insurance card but not the prescription one (didn't realize there was a difference. Mine is the same one.) They delivered stuff later--lots and lots of pills. Luckily home health arrived around 5:00. She had a pill box and helped me sort everything out. She found a glitch in the mg of one that didn't agree with what Madonna had written down. Got that straightened out with about four phone calls.

And then came the IV. It is so simple that the home health person couldn't believe it. And to be fair, Faye couldn't picture the concept of no pole, no pump, etc. either. So she had sent some tubing and extra tubing just in case. Home health person kept questioning and calling to make sure we were getting it right. We were; it worked--nothing to it.

Then came supper--I was determined it would be home-cooked. I had brought sacks and sacks of stuff in preparation. First thing I needed--a potato peeler or even a paring knife--not to be found in Timothy's bachelor dwelling. He did have steak knives. About to lose it, I sent husband home for some essentials for cooking a meal. Luckily, we live about a mile away. Finally around 8:00 we sat down to a meal at home. Not too bad, the potatoes got a little scorced as I was making the gravy, but they were eatable.

We had some visitors in the midst of all these goings-on which I loved. Made Timothy's return special.

Everyting is better today. I'm rested. I've done all the things for him that I am supposed to do at least twice, and I feel more at ease with being a "nurse."

I do not know therapy schedule yet. We go Tuesday at 1:00 for our first visit. It may be just paper work and evaluation.