Christmas Eve Day

Maria has had a setback. She is back in the hospital and is in a lot of pain. A CT scan was done to check the bili drain (?). She is hoping to come home today. I will post more once I visit today. We were looking forward to having Maria visit for a bit on Christmas Eve, now we are hoping she will be able to come home from the hosptial for Christmas Day.

Please keep both Maria and Nick in your prayers, but especially Nick - this is hardest on him.

Judy Cerqua

Maria came home on Wednesday, 12/3, after successfully beating the infection that set her back over the weekend. I am assuming she and Nick are getting along ok, I have not heard since she came home. If anyone has an update, please post Maria's progress. Tammy Mair has put together a schedule for meals, light cleaning, Christmas decorating etc. Contact Tammy if you want to contribute or want to confirm your slot on the schedule. Continue to pray for healing and rejuvenation!

Rounding the 300 mark to the home stretch

I talked to Maria tonight and she is sooo much better. They pulled one of her drainage tubes and removed the port. She has moved to pudding. Sounds like she may be coming home tomorrow - Wednesday. Maria is still on oxygen at night and gets a bit winded if she talks too long. She is still in need of much rest and sleep but her spirits are up and she is looking forward to spending some time in her own bed. The air bed finally arrived yesterday and the staff didn't know how to work it. The bed unded up deflating so Maria moved to her chair in the middle of the night! She was uncomfortable there so she got out the directions and figured out how to make the bed work all on her own - what was she thinking!!!

Tammy will be bringing her home from the hospital and getting her settled at home. Tammy has also worked out the dinner schedule etc etc. If you signed up to help then you will be hearing from someone very soon about your assignment and the assigned date. Maria is still in need of much rest so we should take to our task when we arrive, check in to see if Maria and Nick need anything and then leave. We'll let Maria tell us when she is feeling up to a more robust visit.

Please post comments if anyone else has additional information.