Trip to Florida

Melanie and I made an emergency trip to Florida last week.  My
sister called me crying and asking me to call my brother's doctor.
I  did manage to get through--he was very blunt--thought my brother
was a bum .  He was ill when he finally called 911.  We were in FL
(oddly enough, I worked as a traveler in ICU in that very hospital)
by the next morning,  We went to see my brother that morning,
He looked worse than I expected.  Chest tube and ventilator, arterial
line for monitoring of blood pressure and oxygen saturation level.
He did wake up for a few minutes--didn't recognize me.  I'm not
surprised.  We hadn't seen each other since 2001.  My sister and neice
arrived the next night.  My daughter took over the meals--she used those
rated highly on trip adviser.  We dealt with his house and she took over
again--changed his air conditioner filter, arranging to have carpets
cleaned.  She bought a new mattress pad for him. (I merely supplied
the credit card.)  I have set of sheets  I can send him.  They're new.

He was to transfer to another floor today.  Finally out of ICU!
Good news!  Very good news for us!

All for now,

Kate Thorn