December 10

Judy and I went out on a date today. When I arrived at the hospital, there was a wheelchair in her room. After attaching the IV pole along with a few bags of liquid goodies and the IV monitor, we hung the festive catheter bag and the nephrostomy bag on the chair. We also took along the just in case basin in the basket below and off we went through the fifth floor, then wonder of wonders down the elevator to the mall area. You probably know that "mall" is one of Judy's favorite words. In the mall area, we took in the aroma of Starbucks. Aroma is quite inexpensive at Starbucks; actual beverages are expensive. We looked at the Starbucks mugs, but we didn't buy. Another savings. Our next stop was the gift shop where Judy did some window shopping. From the gift shop, we took in the main skywalk and the the skywalk leading to the Cancer Center. To conclude our journey, we caught the elevator back to the fifth floor and returned to the Queen's penthouse lodgings via the atrium. In all seriousness, the journey was an absolute joy for Judy who has seen nothing but surgery ward for the last 9 weeks. Judy was feeling quite well today. She has plans to do a test run to our home perhaps next week just to see whether she can handle the planned day trips on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.