Defeated at San Juan

The most interesting event in the past three days involves a card game.  Since Valerie returned San Juan to us the other day Emily has managed to defeat me twice.  The record is now 9-2.

Friday I received blood and platelets.  Emily was able to spend the time with me.  Diane took Max.  It was fun.  We played San Juan a few times.  We dealt with some funky full body rash that was attacking me.  We ate hospital food for lunch.  That was the first bad choice of the day.  It was a good day.

Saturday I had a CBC done at AF.  Then I had three calls with the LDS Hospital wherein I eventually convinced them to send platelets down for Sunday morning.  That was frustrating.  My platelets were at 19 and dropping.  They drop by at least 10 a day.  Platelets are ordered at 15.  They like to actually see a CBC saying that you're below 15 before ordering.  Convincing them that I would be below 15 should not have been as difficult as it was.  The problem is that if I did a CBC to prove it here at AF on Sunday morning, then I'd need to drive to LDS for the transfusion, since there wouldn't be enough time in the day for a courier to run the platelets down to AF.  Yes, these are the strategic issues one must deal with when consuming the blood of others.  The average person might suspect the need for pointy teeth, but that's a myth.  Your average vampire spends a lot of time haggling with hospital administration staff and has unremarkable teeth.

Emily's cousin Michael picked up the boys and took them to a park for an hour or so Saturday.  The weather has been beautiful.  The boys had a great time.  It was very nice of Michael.  That gave Emily and I time to clean up the house and relax for a bit.  Saturday was a very productive day.  Floor cleaning, vacuuming, laundry, dishes, showers for the boys, and I finally finished re-building my media server.  Most importantly, Emily made me more granola.  It was a good day.

Sunday, right now, I'm receiving platelets as I type this; I'm sitting in the AF Hospital Transfusion Lab.
I plan to spend the rest of the day hanging out with Emily and the boys.  We'll play games.  I plan on having today be another good day.

Everyday at home has been a really great day.  I generally say good instead of great because of my own philosophical reasons.  In truth, they've been great days.  Nothing is more desirable to me than sharing my home and my time with my family and friends.

The picture of the day:  I feel like I've left something out of this post, Emily will remind me.  This is Emily and me on an tube in our backyard.