Tag: NRH
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Saga XXV: Night & Day
June 10th, con’t We couldn’t remember where we parked in the lot last night, so asked an OHSU security guy to help us. He offered us a ride in the back of his car, but claustrophobia made me panic. We ended up more scared of him than the empty parking lot for no good reason.…
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Saga XXIV: Reuniting
Scott’s mom Sharon had left for her home in Nebraska. She was able to tell him goodbye in a medicated fog, but his memory of her being there lingered on still. The last night in the ICU he was certain that one of the nurses was her. It was very sweet. This past weekend my brother…
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Saga XXIII: Moving Down
June 9th, 9amish: Last night Scott started clearing up nicely. We tucked him in after keeping him awake during the day as much as we could (so that sleep really well at night, Lord willing), and headed off early to sleep. Apparently he woke up about 10 minutes later and struggled all night because we weren’t there.…
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Saga XXII: On The Inside
June 8th When Sarah and I got to Scott’s ICU room at 7am, I stopped to get an update at the nursing station as his door. Apparently Scott had a really rough night, the sleep medication wearing off after about an hour. The nurse said it was pretty bad, Scott stressing and excited whenever he started…
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Saga XXI: Acting as Men
June 7th I got to see your cute boys today at my garage sale with grandpa. Your boy number 2 came up to me and said: “My grandpa wants to know if you’ll take $4 for this (instead of $5)…… It wasn’t my idea.” I laughed out loud a bit, he was soooo adorable. Love…
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Saga XX: Reminded to Breathe
June 6th Loving these sweet girls and their friendship. Reminds me of mine with Sarah. I’m one blessed girl to have her, and to have these beautiful girls. Here at OHSU for the mid-day report, 1pm: They started taking Scott’s sedation off mid-day yesterday, and typical to this funny fellow, he’s taking his sweet time waking…
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Saga XIX: Slow and Steady
The adventures of June 5th 6am: I went to Scott’s workplace so that the supervisor could sign some papers, and I didn’t want to leave. I just wanted to talk to some of his co-workers because it made me feel connected to him. 10am: I talked to the realtor last night. She’ll head up to the property in…
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Saga XVIII: June 4th
Noon, June 4th: We are missing music in this place. So one day we decided to turn the radio on and found out that we simply can’t listen to anything. 1pm: We’ve been spending more time in Scott’s room today than we could yesterday. The atmosphere is more peaceful and less chaotic. First time in days…
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Saga XVII: Beginning to Recover
June 3rd Last night the Interventional Radiologist team was able to go through a vessel in Scott’s leg and up through the shunt – an option they had not had prior to his surgery. They found and broke up a clot that had formed in his shunt. They also added coils to some of the vessels…
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Saga XVI: Anointing
It’s June 2nd. At 4:30pm, doctors called me while we were in the cafeteria to let me know that Scott had started bleeding again, and that nothing was stopping it. They said the Intervention Radiologist (IR) team would do their best, tho’ they had claimed prior to this that they were out of options. We…
Preserving the Harvest 
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