Return visit today for Larry.   Last visit was 2 weeks ago.   I would say today's visit had nothing but good news.....   All labs were good, chest xray was good, echocardiogram was good... no leakage around or in the heart.  no swelling or edema in legs or jugular......  Dr. Ransom said he is doing excellent.......

His blood pressure was a little high, but that is something they are still not sure what the HeartMate 3's are supposed to be.  He still has some seepage from his driveline, so will continue on with daily dressing changes....  next step will be 3 day dressing.

Next doctor visit is ONE MONTH.........   Dr Hutchins heard us talking so came in to visit as well....    Dr Ransom also said Larry can do as much as he feels like doing....    but to expect to be sore....  muscles are in rest mode.... Tori said she still doesnt think that using the pressure washer is a good idea....

We will still be up at clinic there once a week for blood INR tests..... until we get his INR meter...  last week Larry asked me what INR meant...... i told him I Not Remember...   laughingly we told Trina and Kim....  as we were leaving today, Trina said I will see you next week for your I Not Remember test.......  

We not only get great medicine, we get friendship.....  awesome program at Baptist Health.... and the only place in Arkansas for these procedures.....  I am amazed each time we go....  on June 1, they are having a Reunion for the patients and caregivers...   a party.....  a dinner....   love it....

Missed Nurses Week last week, so today I took about a gallon of chocolate candies......  not homemade.....

Then lunch.....  la madeleine cafe.....   delicious turkey, apple, and brie sandwich for me..... yummy

While my anemia is again active, I am motivated to do some fixups since we are home for awhile.
And I am very handy myself.....  Added undercounter LED lights in my kitchen.

Cleaned 4 years of leaves off of this deck on the side of our home, which had become a junk pile, storage area.

And keeping this deck clean and usuable.  This has been Larrys duty in the past....

 just a peek at our backyard....  in the city, but love our forest.....

We have 2 West Highland White Terriers aka Westies....   westies are breeds that have westitude, and our LitaBit has the mist westitude of all....  QTπ on the other hand is very sweet and laid back....  LitaBit is 4 years old and decided right away that she was Larry's dog, so a year later I got QT....

During the last 2 months of recovery LitaBit has had almost separation anxiety because she couldn't sit in her daddy's lap.....   she has had to sit on an ottaman beside him.  QTπ prefers the floor or my lap.

Well this morning, she figured out a way, and voila......  she was on his lap....  he was holding his hand over his driveline, just in case......  QT just looked like, what is she doing?

Happy Mother's Day......
just another day that makes me miss my two little boys....  but so very very proud of the great men they have become....  i never gave myself any credit for that until a few years agi when I finally allowed myself to like who I am.....   just wish they were closer, but I know they are happy.....

so here are my sons, their wives (all 4 are medical doctors), and their kids......
These 4 doctors helped me so much when Larry was so close to death....  without their guidance, I do not think he would be alive today.....    and no, I did not get to go to Disney with them.... this was 2 weeks after Larrys LVAD surgery......