Weekend Update (No Chevy Chase ... Sorry)

We went back to see the RN at Paige's office yesterday.  Her name is Louise, and I have to admit that I love listening to her talk (born and raised in Sydney, Australia, so she has that lovely Aussie thing going on).  She looked at the places where Deb's initial drains were pulled on Monday (healing nicely) and pulled one more of the two remaining.  So that means that drains A, B, and C are now gone and that drain D is the problem child that just hangs around and won't leave home, eating all of the groceries and playing Xbox into the wee hours every night.  However, we are hopeful that we can kick it out of the nest on Monday.  Maybe.  Possibly.  We have an appointment back with Louise, so D just needs to cooperate ... please.

Did I anthropomorphize the drain a little too much there?  Hmm...

In other news, I was able to make it out to Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome one last time yesterday evening to see some people I won't get to see again for a long time, and some maybe not at all.  Why did I feel OK about leaving Deb at home while I was gone during the evening hours when I would normally be fixing dinner for her?  'Cause Emma is here.

Emma is one of Deb's much-younger half-sisters.  She lives in Portland, OR with her husband, but came up for the long weekend on Thursday evening so she can attend a conference/symposium/seminar/whatever it is over in Bellevue on the east side of Lake Washington.  She fixed dinner for herself and Deb last night, and I figured it was a good time for me to give them some sister-time.  Emma is back at the ... thing ... today (it runs Friday and Saturday), so we expect her back late this afternoon.  We don't know if she'll send another night here or if she'll drive on back to Portland tonight.  Depends on how she feels, I guess.

The run-down:

• Three drains gone, one remains.
• Deb has been feeling a bit more pain over the last few days, but then she has cut back to half-dosage on the OxyCodone.  She's also cut out the ibuprofen, so she's down to the half-dose and Tylenol for now.  She's still managing OK.
• She's been able to be a little bit more upright everyday.  Not that she looks like the Hunchback of Notre Dame, but maybe that disaffected-teenager slouch is a better comparison.  But it is improving!
• Deb looks forward to getting out of the house for short (at first) excursions as soon as the last drain is gone.

So that's all I have until at least Monday at this point.  Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow.