Curitiba, Brazil
126th operating temple
Dedicated: 1 June 2008
By: Thomas S. Monson
Book of Mormon
Moroni 2
Come Follow Me
Dec 2-8: "To Keep Them in the Right Way"
Moroni 1-6 Introduction
October General Conference
'Live Up to Your Privileges'
President Emily Belle Freeman
"We don't just make covenant promises - we must keep them. In many gospel ordinances, we make sacred covenants with God; He promises to bless us as we keep those covenants. Do we realize it is the combination of priesthood ordinances along with the keeping of covenant promises that allows us to draw upon God's power?"
Julia was James's night nurse. We liked her too. She is from Illinois just like Kate from ICU. The first thing every moring someone comes from the lab to draw blood. I can always tell the lab people because they wear red scrubs. After lab is gone someone from the floor comes in to see how he is doing.
The day nurses today are Morgan and Lou. Lou is a registered nurse but is acting as a tech today. She said she used to live in Springerville so she knows where Vernon is. She still wants James to tell her when he needs to get up to go to the bathroom so she can make sure he doesn't fall.
A little after 7 this morning Brian texted and said, "Tom was locked in the pump house." He wasn't too hungry or skinny so maybe he has been living off of mice.
Kim said he meowed and wandered around the house looking for us. She and Brian were going to leave this morning for home, but Kim decided to stay because of Tom. She said he had been alone, locked up by himself, for five days and she didn't want him to be alone anymore. She said he meowed and wandered through the house some more before he finally settled down to take a nap.
Later I asked how he was doing. Kim said he won't leave her side. She sat down and he jumped up with her and put his paw on her leg so he would know when she moved. He then fell asleep. Kim said she was going to watch Christmas movies and then sleep in the chair they were in. It seems like he really needed to be with someone so I am grateful that Kim stayed.
They brought James some meatloaf for lunch with green beans and potatoes and the same diced, canned peaches he gets with almost every lunch and dinner. It's like Morgan, the nurse said: "We aren't known for our food." They may not be but they are known to be a great Trauma 1 hospital.
Surprisingly, James ate all of the meatloaf. Trina came just as he was finishing lunch. She brought some non-dairy and regular Ben & Jerry's cherry Garcia ice cream. The non-dairy is for James and the regular for me. James had mentioned the non-dairy ice cream on Saturday when Trina was here.
While James was eating his ice cream I asked Trina if I could run downstairs for a minute. I got a tuna sandwich, some chips. black licorice, and peanut M&M's. When I arrived back at the room the physical therapist was working with James. He had him walk up and down the hall, which James was able to do by himself. He got a little off balance at first and that was the doctor's only concern. He said he was going to recommend that he be discharged. He talked to us about getting a filament night light and using a walker at night if he needs to get up to use the bathroom, and having a chair in the shower. I was glad Trina was here while he was talking.
Trina left and James talked to Greg Hatch on the phone just before he and Florence left for their second mission to Fiji. He said his daughter would take care of the rest of the bills.
Sheri brought homemade roast beef sandwiches on rolls for our dinner. I ate mine. James had some of the dinner the hospital brought so I saved his sandwich for my breakfast.
Cathi and Laura both checked in to see how James was doing. Brian came this evening and brought James's glasses. Brian is going back up on Wednesday to get Kim. He said he would buy horse feed and cat food because we were about out. I Zelled him $100. Chuck was feeding the horses and cats until Kim and Brian arrived.
After Brian left we watched a Hallmark movie and then went to bed.
Tom is back!
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