Hospital Decor

Well, today Lisa was feeling well enough for she, Jen and I to talk decorating ideas.  I think that someone should hire the sisters three for upgrading their hospitals to a more cheery environment.  Jen says that yellow rooms would make the patients feel more happy.  Lisa said that the gray tones just make her feel blah and like she wants to take a nap.  Hey, wait a minute. Do you think that hospital employees lobbied for a color that would make their day 'nurse button' free?  Hmmm, something to think about.  

I could offer some feedback on what other family members say at the vending machines ... one day I sat camped out by the coke/snack machines.  First, they need a change machine somewhere - people sometimes only have 5 or 10 dollar bills.  Well, I guess they don't really want $5 in quarters, but.. well - they complained about it.  Luckily, I was packing change and helped a few folks out.  $1 for peanuts or a twix seemed to be an outrage many.  I was happy that they offered both bottles and can options in the coke machine.  I generally hate drinking from a bottle - cans are the way to go!  

Lisa looked really good today.  She ate half of a 4 cheese souffle from Panera - that is one of her favs, although I think it doesn't look too tasty.  She didn't feel nauseous after she ate, that's progress.  Maybe her stomach stuff is working itself out.  We still need to figure out what they are going to do about her thyroid.  They are having to give her blood thinner medicine for her blood clot - so I bet they can't take the tumor out until after her clot is resolved.  

Maybe she will be on her way to a rehab facility this week even.  I would love for her to get stronger and feel more like her old self. I think part of her depression lately is because she has felt so weak that she doesn't want to get off the couch.  She is a great cook and for the longest time has not felt like even fixing anything - so I am praying that she will have good physical therapists that will encourage, challenge and inspire her to focus on what she "can'' do.

I am also praying she will be open to some kind of counseling. I don't even know how that would work, but I think that after 10 years of chronic health problems and the loss of Pam it is a lot for her to work through on her own.  Will you pray about that?

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