Sharp Needles

It’s Sunday and a day of rest but the Doctor said that if Van doesn’t take at least three walks today and exercise then they will start giving him shots.  (The shots prevent blood clots).  The moral of the story is that sharp needles are a great motivator. 

The amount of Methotrexate in his blood should be going down each day.  They went down for two days but today they jumped to five times what they were previously.  They couldn’t believe it so they took blood samples again and now he’s at .08 just a little higher than the day before.  We have to be .02 before we can go home.  We were hoping to go home tomorrow but it probably won’t happen.

There is a patient next door to us that is dying.  There are a lot of tears from loved ones saying their last good-byes.  It’s so sad but , “we will not go softly into that good night”.