Souviner for Ken

Ken is doing great. We had a fantastic day, all considered. Ken feels so much better. Katy from Chicago and Tessa from Steamboat spent much of the day with him. This is a picture of me with the girls. Lovely. This is what Ken got to look at all day. Aren't we gorgeous?
So medically speaking, Ken is ready to go home. We think he will get to go home on Sunday. He hasn't had a fever since Thurs or Friday. He isn't nauseous anymore. His counts were up for the second day today. He is still tired and is still coughing, but all in all he feels so much better. He is so lucky to have come thru this relatively easy. He has been very thankful all day.
However, he does get to go home with a souvenir. He now has a new blood clot thanks to an IV poke. Can you believe it? It was either from an IV they left in to long, or from one of the unsuccessful pokes they did yesterday when they were trying to find a vein. The poor guy can't win. So far, the ultra-sound shows it in a small vein just above his elbow. It really hurts, so he has not been able to move it much. And you can't touch it. Since it isn't in a large vein yet, they are hoping it goes away on it's own. We have to come back for another ultra-sound later in the week. They will decide then if he has to go on fragman shots again. That will not be fun. Giving him shots was a pain in his belly plus it cost us $10 a day. So we hope it goes away. But it is acting just like the last one did, so we are bummed. We had to insist that they do an ultra-sound. They didn't think it could be a clot so they originally said they didn't need to do an ultra-sound. We explained his history for about the 4th time before the doc finally agreed to do the test. Good thing I'm an advocate for Ken. He still needs me. :)
So we will be home hopefully tomorrow. Katy will come with us. She can take care of Ken so hopefully I can get the house cleaned and the laundry done. I am so far behind. The place is a mess. But I don't really care. I needed to be here. I hope to be back to work on Monday. I have been having them take my temp every day and so far, I haven't had any symptoms of this flu. So I better get back to work. Ken can't come back till his cough is gone. He is still contagious as long as he is coughing. So I imagine he will feel like working from home about mid-week. Not sure when he will be back.
That's our good, but not perfect news. All-in-all, it was a great day. Mainly just because Katy and Tessa are here. Ken has been sleeping a lot, but he is thrilled to see them. God Bless all of you. I'll let you know when we are home for sure. Bev