Long Sunday Hospital day 5

It was pretty quiet in the hospital today.  Mel's creatinine is still going down.  We were so happy about that.  We were thinking that hopefully by the end of the week he would be able to have surgery.  They started his TPN feedings through the central line they placed. 

Mel's pain seemed a little better today.  He rested quietly most of the day.  We talked to Daniel and Nicole several times.  Deanna is still texting me scripture verses.  That really is a very uplifting thing to have those scriptures to fall back on, and I knew she was praying for guidance on which ones to send us and also going back to her scripture references she was led to when she and Butch lost their precious twins, Sammy and Gracie.  Kelly and Diego Aragon are also some very faithul and full of faith friends we have supporting us.  My brother, Andy came from Rifle to see us.  All our family and friends have been so good to us.  I don't know how anyone could get through a time like this without that kind of support. 

We miss the kids so much.  We both hate being away from them, and it is hard when you talk to them and they cry for you.  At least I know they are very well loved and taken care of by my parents. 

It continues to snow.  Even Pueblo is getting snow.  Mel's son Aaron is trying to make plans to come to Denver this week on Wednesday and spend the night here to spend time with Mel.  I think I will probably go home for that night so I can see the kids.

This was my view from Mel's hospital room.  Flight for life was a fequent visitor, and the helicoptor landed right outside next to the parking lot.  The pictures I took of the car tracks in the snow reminded of a toy I had when I was little.  It was called a spirograph and you would pin plastic pieces to paper and put smaller ones inside the outer one and use a pen and it would make designs like this.