Today wasn't a really good day for Jeri. She went to a doctor that thought he could make her fistula work but after several hours he told her it couldn't be done so she has to have another on installed further up her arm. As soon as she was out of his office she was on her way to dialysis and her session there was as usual; all of this wore her out and she was really tired tonight.
While her morning was going on I had a morning of my own. I had an appointment with a surgeon to remove the stitches of last week, and while he had me in his chair he proceeded removing a basil cell from my neck that was right under my left ear, and it took him two hours to do it. He is a MOHS surgeon and he was very particular in what he was doing and he told me that when a basil cell was in that area it was critical, because if some of the basil cell was left in that area it could get involved with a nerve from the face area and could cause the facial muscle to droop, so I told him to get it all, which he did. The reason I know he did is because he is a MOHS surgeon.
With all of the above it was still a productive day, and I am glad there are people that know how to help us when we need it.

This was a very busy day for Jeri. She went to Dr. Whitten to see if her fistula had matured and he said there was one vein that had to be worked on, so tomorrow, he is going to go into this vein with a probe that will have a balloon on it and he will try using some air in the balloon to see if it will enlarge the vein; we shall see how that works. While she is doing this I am going to my doctor so he can take the stitches out of my ear and then remove something that he thinks is suspicious.
After Jeri goes to the doctor she is going to go to dialysis, and when I get through with my doctor I am going to go to the dialysis facility and take her back to the hospital when she is through. And Lee is going to be involved as well; this makes today look like a leisure walk through the park.
Mike and his crew has built a ramp and painted it, and it looks really good, but of course Jeri is concerned that I may not be able to push her up the ramp. I ask her who she thinks is pushing her around the hospital and parking lot and sidewalks.:)

Jeri had a good day today, even though it was a dialysis day.
While Jeri was doing the dialysis thing I went to the Deseret Industries and bought a mattress for our bed; we needed one because of the height of the one we had. this evening Mike and some of my grand kids brought the new mattress and then the strong ones took the old one to the trailer and put it back where it come from when we moved into the house.
Because of the above I had to remake the bed, no I didn't remake the bed I just put some new sheets and pillow cases on the bed. And that took me a long time.
The weather was good today with the temps in the mid-sixties.
That's all for tonight and all y'all sleep tight.

Jeri had a good day today!
She wanted to see the new ramp that was made so she could get in and out of the house without using steps. She thought that it was just what she needed; we then made a trip along the Legacy Highway for a few miles and then we went back to the hospital. She is feeling good and is getting stronger every day.
These blogs will be shorter until after Saturday, because I have a lot of work to do to get this place ready for her return, and I don't want to listen to any disappointment in her voice or demeanor! So be content with what you get.

Another great day for Jeri!
About eight 'they' started building the ramp at Mike's so we can get Jeri in the house. Mike said it would take a couple of hours and it ended-up taking over seven, and Douglas Taylor (Mike's brother in-law) did most of the work. Shortly after eight Jeri got into the car and we rode over to see how it was coming and we decided we were way to early to see it finished.
Jeri is doing all of the things she can think of that will help her when she gets home. And I can hardly wait for next Saturday.
This morning it was rather chilly but by mid-afternoon it was warm enough to stroll the parking lot and the sidewalk, and then we went to the second floor so Jeri could practice using the sit down walker.
Tha tha tha thats all for now folks.

Today was another good day for Jeri.
When I arrived at the hospital she was in front of the mirror, however, she said she had been moving around the facility waiting for me to show up, and I wasn't late.
She had a good day at dialysis, and while she was on the machine Lee, Josh and myself went looking for some new phones, and we found some at Verizon. Lee bought her a fancy-dancy one and I got one just one step better than the one I had, and of course we got one for Jeri. I don't remember how much Lee's cost, and maybe I never knew. Jeri's cost her one penny because of a rebate and mine cost zip because they had a rebate for the cost of the phone, which tells you how much they make on the service side of things.
When we got back to the hospital we charged the batteries so we could try out the phones, and I can see there is going to be a learning curve to say the least.
The weather was certainly hard to know what would be next; it snowed really big flakes and then it would stop and the sun would shine and then it rained and then snowed again, and this went on most of the day.
Mike and Judd left a short time ago to get the material to make the ramp tomorrow morning.

This is going to be a short blog tonight.
Jeri had a great day; and she walked over 400 feet, which is really good. We strolled the parking lot but it was too cold to do the sidewalk so we hurried back into the hospital.
Lee and I had a phone plan but Lee has decided that she wants a plan that will let us do more things on the phone than we can do now, so while Jeri is doing the dialysis thing we are going shopping for some phones and this time Jeri wants her own phone and phone number; I have always thought that Women's Lib would do this world in, but tomorrow we will have a new plan, and we will tell you what Jeri's phone # is.
It is time to say "good night Gracie," so I am saying "good night Gracie."

As I am writing this tome I am eating a ham sandwich complements of Mike and Patrice, and it is really good.
Jeri had a great day today, she walked her walk and talked her talk, and she had a good session at dialysis. Lee and Josh came and visited her and I was looking for a new mattress for our bed, and that isn't an easy job. However, I think I have found one that might work.
The weather is good for March, and I hope it stays that way!
Mike and Patrice deposited Chris at the MTC this afternoon, and I am sure it was a wonderful day and also a sad one; that is what happens when one of you offspring leaves the nest.

I just got back from a lovely trip along the Milky Way, well maybe not the Milky Way but a very important meeting; Christian was set apart as a missionary in the Bangkok, Thailand Mission and he goes into the Missionary Training Center tomorrow at 1:30 pm, and will be gone for two years. Jeri was feeling strong enough that she went and had a really good time. It is wonderful to have family on missions.
Jeri had a great day today, she did her usual walking and it is obvious to me that she is getting stronger every day. Mike says 'they' are going to start building the ramp up the steps on this coming Saturday.
Now here is some more super good news. This afternoon Jeri went to her oncologist and he said that the cancer is in remission and there are signs that maybe her kidneys are starting to heal; the cancer thing is really great and if the kidneys are getting better that would be stupendous. I can tell she is getting better by the day
It will be great to have her home.

This was another day just like the last several days.
Jeri walked over 200 feet and it was a dialysis day, which was ok to her today. While she was on the dialysis machine Mike and Christian came to see her and stayed a while, I think it was Chris's farewell speech, and we wish him well in Thailand.
We did the parking lot and sidewalk thing this morning but we couldn't do it this afternoon because of the rain, and 'they' are saying it might snow tonight; I am not excited to have snow down her in town but we really need it in the mountains.
If there are no mishaps I am sure Jeri will be home on the third of April.

Well here it is Sunday, and a very good day it was.
Jeri did her usual walking and we did the usual strolling, and she sit in the sun and we did the sidewalk thing. And she did the set down walking thing in preparation for coming home in a couple of weeks. She is feeling really good and is getting herself ready to come home.
Here is a story I meant to tell you a few days ago but I have forgotten to do it so here goes. There is a really old lady that is down the hall from Jeri's room that spends most of her time out in the hall, well on this day she said to me as we walked past her, "will you do something for me, and I used my usual reply, which is; your nurse is coming down the hall, she took a look up the hall and she couldn't see any nurse coming. Of course Jeri and I were still strolling down the hall and she said to me; "you are full of crap!" And of course Jeri and I laughed and continued walking. I am sure she doesn't remember this conversation because she has never talked about in since.:)
Th-th-th-thats all folks!

Today was another good day for Jeri.
She walked twice and that was more than 600 ft. and she had a good day at dialysis even though it snowed while we were there.
She and Nick were talking about her episode last Monday and Nick told her that 'they' had made a mistake on her incoming weight so they took too much liquid off and he thought that may have been the problem; seems like a good analyzes to me.
When we arrived back at the hospital it really snowed for a short time, and the TV said there was a good amount in the mountains, which is a really good thing.
This is not going to mean anything to some of you but you get to know anyway; Emogene Everett died a few days ago, she was 85, I think.

I arrived at the hospital shortly after seven a.m. this morning and I surprised Jeri, however, she was ready for a walk so she walked and I followed with the wheelchair and she got the 200 ft she was looking for and then we went for a stroll outside; it was warm and the sun was shining so we did the sidewalk thing and then we went back inside and she ate her breakfast
She then rested for her trip to IMC to take a specimen and to give a blood draw so Dr. Litton can tell us the cancer is still in remission.
We then went back to the hospital and talked for awhile and then it was walk time and she did another 200 ft, and then we did another stroll around the outside of the facility but didn't do the sidewalk thing because the temperature had dropped some and we needed to get in where it was warm.
Jeri then did her daily OT, which is playing solitaire; she played two games and won one. The rest of the day was wiled away doing what we do best.

Jeri had a really good day today. When I arrived at the hospital she was in her wheelchair and was ready for a walk, so I got her walker and she wrapped her hands around the handles and she went walking, and walked over 200 feet.
We then went back to her room and she ate her breakfast and then rested a while before 'they' came and got her for her trip to dialysis. She had a good day at dialysis and then we came back to the hospital and Lee came back also and decorated her room in a new motif and it looks really good.
Shortly before it was time for her to eat dinner, or supper, which ever you prefer, she took another walk and it was as long as the first so she had a good day of walking. And so did I as we strolled the halls of SDCH and the parking lots and the the sidewalks. I told Jeri as we were walking west down 500 South street; "if I turned you loose now, you would be down to the Freeway in a mater of a minute or two and you would be going 100 mph," but of course she knew I wasn't going to turn her loose after 59 years.
I took the bandage off my ear this morning and it looks pretty good to me and I got very few remarks. It seems that people are really reluctant to ask what happened.

This was a good day for Jeri! She thought about her problem of yesterday and she decided that she had not consumed enough water and then the dialysis session made it so she was dehydrated.
When I got to the hospital she was ready for walking so away we went and she did about 200 feet and then this afternoon she walked another 200 feet.
Shortly after ten I went to Dr. Hansen's so he could crop (an old cattle term) my right ear and a good job he did; at least I think it was a good job but I couldn't see it very good so I will get to see it tomorrow. He got all of the cancer the first try and it didn't seem like he took very much, but like I said I will know better tomorrow morning when I take the bandage off of the ear. I was at his facility for over 2 hours, and it is time well spent if he got all of the cancer. Scott got it right when he said I was doing this ear thing wrong.:)
Jeri is still on the schedule of coming home on the 3rd of April.

This blog is a little late tonight, we had company and I just got home a few minutes ago.
Today was a good day for Jeri until she got off the dialysis machine and then she had about four hours of not feeling well. Kevin and Becky came to visit with her and after they were there for awhile Jeri started feeling better; she doesn't think it was the dialysis but I do. Sometimes they try to do too much and it does bad things to her, but she was feeling really well again this evening. Mike, Patrice and Christian has gone on a trip so that Chris can go to some temples before he goes to the MTC on the 24th, so I am home all along, that is if you don't count Cole, the dog; I am his care giver for the nest few days.
I have an appointment to get my right ear made smaller tomorrow morning at 11:00 am; I am hoping that the Dr. can leave enough earlobe so I can but the diamond stud that my grandchildren are going to give me. :) I will let you know tomorrow evening.
The weather was super today and warm enough so I didn't have to wear a jacket and it is supposed to be the same tomorrow.

Today was a really good day for the Warner family. Christian gave a talk in church preceding his going to the Mission Training Center in ten days.
Jeri attended the meeting and she did really well. Lee found a wheelchair that is not as big as the one she uses at the hospital, and it is just right for what she will need in the future.
Mike has made all of the arraignments to have a ramp built so that there won't be any steps for Jeri to climb and that will be done by the third when Jeri comes home. I can hardly wait, and of course Jeri is probably more anxious than I.
Mike has made his Dodge Intrepid available to us because it is so easy for Jeri to get in out of it.
And she also walked over 200 feet plus the time she was sitting in the wheelchair.
With all of that she had a really good day.

This is a really late post tonight! Mike and Patrice had a party for Christian because he is leaving for his mission on March the 24th. So I just got home a few minutes ago. And don't forget to set your clocks ahead and hour tonight or you will be late for church tomorrow.
Jeri didn't go with me to the party but she had a really good day today and she walked over 600 feet today. We walked outside a time or two but it rained or snowed most of the day and wasn't very warm so we were not outside very long. Jeri is really looking forward to being home, but not nearly as much as I am having her here. It will be wonderful to have her here with me.

I wish I had something new but things are going really well, just like they are supposed to.
Jeri is still walking every day and she had a good day at dialysis. She has told everyone in the facility that she is going home on the third of April
I think she is excited to get back home where I can fix her a really good meal.:)
She wants to thank all of you for being so considerate with your letters and phone calls, and it is impossible to express our gratitude to our family for the many things they have done and do every day.

The information today is somewhat different today than yesterday; today is Jeri's birthday. It is hard to believe that I am married to an Seventy Eight year old lady, but I am really glad I am and that she is still alive and doing well. She got a lot of phone calls from her family and Jayci sent her some home made chile, which was wonderful; Jeri smacked her lips all of the time she was eating it. Lee came an spent some time with her and this evening Mike, Patrice and Christian came to see her and brought some pie, which was excellent.
She did her walking and the going home goal is still the Third of April.

Another good day for Jeri.
However, she has decided she would rather come home on the third instead of the fifth because the fifth is a Monday and that is a dialysis day, so we will see how that works out.
I could bore you with all of the things she did today but it would just be a recap of yesterday, and I know some of you have a hard time reading so I will make it easy for you.

Jeri had a really good day today!
A couple of nurses asked her after she had walked over 600 feet today, using her walker of course, when she was going home; they thought that she was coming home in the next few days. However, we have decided that she would come home on the 5th of April, which will give us time to make a ramp to the front door. And will give me time to get the place in proper order so she can stand coming home.:) I am expecting help from some of the females in my family, which has already be confirmed.
The rain fell to the earth just like it thought the earth needed a drink, which of course it does, and 'they' are saying it will snow tonight or tomorrow.
It will be wonderful to have her home after eight months of being in a hospital! And no one is more excited to be home than she is, and no one more excited to have her home than I am.!!

Today was somewhat better, for Jeri, than the last couple of days.
She was up and moving around this morning when I got to the hospital and the first thing she wanted to do was go for a walk so she wrapped her hands around her walker and walked over 200 feet. She then returned to her room and waited for breakfast, which was the regular thing that she always gets for breakfast. I fetched her box lunch, which she thought was OK and then she rested until it was time to go to dialysis. She had a regular day on the machine and then we were back at the hospital. After a short rest she wanted to walk again so she walked another 200 + feet, which is a good thing for a dialysis day.
The rest of the day was worn away with us talking and doing a little strolling, and of course I have to hassle some new friends I have made at the facility.

Jeri had a really good day today!
She walked more than 600 ft, and she had a strong gait. We did our regular strolling and she sit out side hopeing to get some sun but that never happend; even without the sun she had a great day.
Lee came to see us and while she was there Christopher came to see us and stayed awhile and we had a great visit.

If I were going to give a report on how Jeri's day was today I would tell you to read yesterday's entry. The only difference today it was not a dialysis day and she walked almost 600 feet today. However, Mike and Patrice came to see us and in the conversation Mike asked if I would like him to bring me something from Texas Roadhouse, and of course I said yes so they brought me a yummy pulled pork sandwich; I believe it is the best one I have ever eaten.
I am sorry but that is it for today, and I hope tomorrow doesn't need any more clarification than today.

Jeri had a very good day today. When I arrived at the hospital this morning she was washing her face and combing her hair, and when she was through with that makeup stuff she wanted to go for a walk, and I mean she wanted to walk so I got her walker and then I wrapped my hands around the hand grippes on the wheelchair and she started walking and walk over 100 feet. We then returned to her room and she ate her breakfast, which was much to her liking.
She then had a short rest and was ready for dialysis and shortly before eleven she was on her way to be hooked up to a machine for three hours, which she tolerated very well.
When she was through we hurried back to the hospital; she was in the bus and I was in our pickup and I won. I was waiting for her when she was brought into the room. She had a time for rest, which also included some sleep, which is very good for her after the dialysis session. After she had the rest she needed she wanted to walk once again and so the way we went, and she walked another 100 feet, which is about what she can do on a dialysis day; she had a very strong walk and once again the staff was making comments about her going home soon.
This may sound unusual, but I must say that she has endeared herself to all of the staff, because she is so appreciative of every thing they do and never complains, and by the way that is why I love her so much!
I almost forgot to mention that she went out side and sit where the sun would shine on her face and stayed about 15 minutes, obviously it wasn't very cold, however there was about five inches on my pickup this morning when I left the house.

Today was a really good day, except for one disappointment.
She had an appointment with Dr. Whitten who is the doctor that put a fistula in her left arm to be used for dialysis. The doctor said he won't know if it will be OK for another three weeks, which caused her some distress, however, after we were back to the hospital for awhile she worked it out in her mind and came to the conclusion that is not the worst thing that could happen.
When we left St. Marks Hospital it was giving us a very light drizzle, by the time we were in the Rose Park area it was raining rather robustly and when we got to Bountiful it was snowing really hard.
Lee dropped us off and we thanked her for the ride and then she took the car back to Jayci.
When we got back to the hospital Jeri had a rest and then decided it was time to walk so a walking we went; during today she walked at least 400 feet, all of the staff told her it wouldn't be long before she goes home.
It is my prayer that in three weeks Dr. Whitten will say that the fistula is ready to be used.
Oh, by the way when I came home it was not raining or snowing, however, I think there is a good chance that there maybe some in the morning.

This was just another day in a line of really good days!
When I arrived at the hospital Jeri was once again strolling the halls of SDCH. She didn't have the leg supports on the wheelchair so she walked and I followed with the wheelchair; she did about 75ft and then it was time for breakfast. After she ate her breakfast she had a rest in preparation for dialysis.
At eleven she was taken away to the dialysis facility and after she was 'hooked up' and the machine was working I spent the next hour and a half doing an errand for Scott, and by the way Scott I got a kick out of the ear comment. For you who don't know what he said I'll tell you. He said "dad you are the only man I know that get littler ears as you get older instead of getting bigger, and I thought of my Granddad Warner and my Dad.:)
Jeri had a as good a day as she can on a dialysis on a dialysis day.
When I got back to Jeri Lee was there, as I knew she would be. Later this afternoon Jeri did another walk and a good walk it was.
That's all for now folks!

Jeri had another really good day. When I got to the hospital shortly after eight she was through with her shower and was sitting in her wheelchair in the hall and was ready for a stroll, so we strolled. Shortly thereafter she was eating breakfast, which she kinda liked. She then rested for a short time and then she was walking the halls with me following with the wheelchair.
It seems to me that she was either pushing her wheelchair or walking, and everyone there was rooting her on, or we were strolling the hospital. And of course she went outside and had her wheelchair parked she the sun was shining on her face; she really liked it but I thought it was rather cool so I stayed inside until she raised her arm.
I am still of the opinion that she will be home within the next several weeks, which means I don't know when.
About noon today I got a call from Dr. Rassmussen telling me that the biopsy was positive for a basil cell, so in a couple of weeks I go to Dr. Hansen, who left me just a smidgen of my left, and we shall see how much he leaves of my right ear.
More info tomorrow.

Today was another good day for Jeri.
I was a little late getting to the hospital this morning so she had all ready had her trip pushing with her hands and feet, however, we went for a short stroll while we were waiting for her breakfast; sometimes she doesn't think it is worth waiting for.
After breakfast she put herself on the bed and rested for a while for the time to come to go to dialysis. She had a good day at dialysis except for the last minute when she had a 'charlie horse' in her right leg and foot and that is because 'they' took too much liquid off her body. We then went back to the hospital and she had a short rest and then she went walking and walked more than 200 feet. It seems to me that she is getting stronger every day.
I still think she may be home by the end of the month.