In progress...

Just wanted to throw out a quick update while I was eating a sammich. Barb's doing OK. Right now, as ever, it comes down to how well her kidneys can handle pushing out those excess fluids. They're overloaded right now, and a little fatigued, but still working.

She's annoyed with us, as she comes out from under her stoned state. The sedative they had her on for the past few days is a close chemical analogue to heroin, we were told, and she's still kind of loopy even though she hasn't been getting it for almost seven hours. (Your liver is really useful at filtering that sort of thing out of your system.) She keeps waking up, looking alarmed, trying to get out of bed, telling us she has to use the bathroom. When we explain that she needs to stay put and has a catheter in, she gets bored with the conversation and falls back to sleep. Repeat every ten minutes. Fun times.

John Hammer stopped by and visited for a bit, which was nice. Dan, Deb, and Don (and Del) are all still here and doing ok. (I'm ok. I've slept a couple hours here and there, and eaten a reasonably healthy amount. No diabetic incidents. No worries.) All of us grateful for your warm wishes and prayers. More to follow.