December Is Here

Dear Friends and Family,
It seems unbeleivable that it is already December!! The year has flown by so fast and so much has happened. Marty came home from BLM Hospital on Nov 29th and has had his work cut out for him just taking all the medicine and drinking his nutrition and recuperating from the week's stay in the hospital. It took us a couple of days to get everything gathered up and organized to keep things as near as we could to his schedule in the hospital. His appetite and intake improved so much while he was there. We have had very few visitors as the Strep infection is so contagious and he just did not feel up to much. We feel that now antibiotics have been enforced for 10days, that he is not a risk to anyone. But, he is still fragile and does not want to get anything. This morning, he had a very unusual test-- hopefully to rule out osteomylitis. It is a nuclear medicine White Blood Cell scan. He had to be here at 7am to have blood drawn. Then, that blood was taken to Pocatello where the WBC's in the sample were radiolabeled. The blood was brought back to inject in Marty and then throughout the day, he will have radioimaging of his body to see where the WBC's go. I had never heard of this test and I think it is quite unusual. The technician told us he could be having scans as late as 10pm. Interesting.
Curtis helped get the Christmas "stuff" down from the rafters and we will now see who, if anyone, feels up to decorating. We have a beautiful tree up here in Dialysis. The season is upon us. I started to get in the Christmas spirit on Sunday. I sat by Steve in Sacrament Meeting. I bore my testimony, which I have not done for quite a few months. I have missed so many Sunday meetings. I DO HAVE A TESTIMONY AND KNOW we have alot to be grateful for. Love, LaRee and of course, Marty.