December 26

11:42pm

We had a peaceful and quiet Christmas together yesterday. No visitors, no PT or OT for Nathaniel to do, so we watched Hogfather (a British Christmas movie based on a Terry Pratchett novel) and ate take out.

Today Nathaniel’s blood tests from yesterday came back with some anomalies, specifically a rise in his white blood counts that indicates he probably has an infection somewhere.

So discharge isn’t happening tomorrow and is now delayed until the docs know what’s up and come up with a treatment plan.

yay.

Anyway, we’re both in the city, catching up on needed sleep after a day of more excitement than planned. My train trip out to see my folks was successful but also veered from the plans. And then, just for kicks and giggles, Nature layered a “wintry mix” (ice storm, really) on top of center city that has every surface either slippery with ice, slippery from the thick layer of salt crystals the property managers put on the sidewalks, or both.

Tomorrow we start again. Sunday I hope to go home and switch cars since I really should have the one with the disability tags and the wheelchair in it anyway once Nathaniel’s discharged. The rest is still hiding behind the fog of war and will reveal itself further in the daylight.