Day +4

I woke at 3:30 this morning. It seems I never sleep through the night in the apartment. I wondered if Jim was awake and if I was channeling him. I opened the blinds to see the lights of the night and was surprised to see the moon in the sky.

On my way to the hospital many elementary school children were walking to school. When I pass a school I barely recognize it is a school. It's not like in Virginia where the building is by itself with grass and a playground surrounding it. Some of the schools don't even look like there is a place for recess. Do kids still have recess?

Jimmy was a little more tired today.  He said he has been awake off and on since 5:00. It is hard for him to sleep more than three or four hours consistently without being interrupted. The nurse comes in at 5:00 to draw his blood. Then between 5 and 6 the nursing assistant comes in to take his vitals and he has to get out of bed to be weighed. The reason they do all this so early is so the doctors have the results by the time they do rounds.

By noon Jim was getting ready to shower and the occupational specialist was visiting him afterwards so I waked to the post office and took the long way back to the apartment. I had two loads of laundry to do so I piled them in my granny cart and went to take the service elevator down to the basement. Unfortunately it was in use for deliveries so that makes it tricky to get to the basement. I ended up taking the regular elevator to the 2nd floor then carried the cart (which is heavy) down the stairs and I ended up in a outside hallway. I finally found another stairwell and two men were walking in front of me. One offered to carry my cart to the basement. There are a few nice souls in New York. This guy's momma taught him right.

Back at Jimmy's room he had just finished a late lunch/early dinner. Around 3:30 the sun comes through the windows warming the room nicely. I have been researching hair dressers close by and finally booked an appointment for tomorrow. $75.00 for just a haircut!!! I need it colored but will wait to see if I like the place first.

At 5:30 I went to dinner with four other caretakers to a local pizzeria close to the hospital. It was nice to learn the stories of others. We might try to get together weekly while we are still in the hospital. Two of the four people will also be going to the Hope Lodge. When I got back to the room Jim was watching the Caps game. So far so good.