Tuesday, February 2, 2010 8:33 AM, CST

The snow is gone and the rain is on its way. Best duck weather in the US!

Mark has an appointment with Dr. Nair this afternoon! Everything seems to move in random spurts - one day you are about as low as you can get and the next they are telling you bye! We pray this is his “BYE, see you in a month - go get your CVL pulled” visit. All of his blood work looked really good yesterday - not normal but going in that direction. He did get a unit of blood, it really does give him a boost. His white count was a whopping 10.41, platelets are growing on their own, CRP is going down, and red cells are kind of iffy. He needs a steak, medium rare with a big fat baked potato - maybe a night for Copeland’s (we can use our Christmas gift from Inspec!)

Tom is out of the hospital and has a doc appointment today as well - we are all ready to be out of here!

As one lady told me yesterday, "I want to go home, but I miss everyone here terribly". We hug, share and try to encourage each other - my heart aches for those that will not get to go home.

The windshield guy is supposed to show up this morning. Sure would like to get that repaired so it won’t delay our leaving. Maybe he will have a perfect one this time!

Never ever pray for patience! God will give you the opportunity to use it! When the children were small I prayed for it often - now I have to use it!! I have never “waited “ well.

Your encouragement and prayers sustain us.

Love from Little Rock,
Karen

PS: One of nurses told Mark he needed to run for office - seems like I have heard that before!