May 29th: Jeep has a nephew who lives in Houston, TX with his sweet wife, Jeannie. Jeannie has a two sisters who live in Augusta and she had told them about us being there for so long. Jeannie’s sister, Joy, called one day and we talked a long time just like old friends. She set this date for us to come have supper with her, her sister and her brother-in-law. We sandwiched this event between the afternoon visit and the night visit to see Joe. Joy lives is a beautiful part of Augusta. There are lots of tall trees and manicured lawns everywhere. Although we had never met Joy or her sister, Hope, we immediately felt at home with them. The aroma of steaks on the grill greeted us as we entered the yard. Her back yard was very beautiful with lots of interesting flowers, shrubs and trees. We sat in her sun room overlooking the back yard until supper was ready. After a scrumptious meal and dessert, we enjoyed more conversation before leaving to go back to the hospital. This was a delightful break in our routine!
May 30th . On Sunday we checked on Joe and since he was doing okay, we left Kay at the hospital and drove about two hours north to the Bethlehem community out from Atlanta to see Jeep’s daughter, Jennifer, her husband, Bryan and their son, Jackson. They had driven down from Chicago to visit Bryan’s parents over the long Memorial Day weekend. We wanted to hear Jennifer sing and play a special at church there and of course we wanted to see our grandson. We went to church with them and then to Bryan’s parent’s house for lunch. We had a good visit with them and got back to the hospital in time for the last visiting time.
On Joe’s birthday, June 4th, he was sedated once again to have the many staples removed and the backing removed from the CEAs. I think Joe has been put to sleep 12 times for surgeries and various procedures! When Joe was wheeled back into his room, there was a little chocolate birthday cupcake given to him by the physician’s assistant, Jan! We didn’t think he would feel like celebrating his birthday today, so we put off our celebration until the next day. However, the nurses were not going to let it pass. They bought him a birthday cake, brought it to his room and gathered just outside the big glass doors and sang Happy Birthday to him. One of the nurses who knew him was working on another floor that night and she came down at 2:00 A.M. and woke him up and wished him a happy birthday!!
June 5th: We had our little celebration for Joe’s birthday today. Kay had the bakery make and decorate a cake for him. We gave him a few gifts and he got some cards. It’s hard to have much of a celebration in the ICU! We all ate a little cake and gave the rest to the nurses. Speaking of nurses, Joe had some really good ones and only one that made him nervous! Almost half of his nurses were males, which was a little surprising to me.
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