Saw another rainbow on the way to see Mom in the hospital on Tuesday morning. There are a bunch of clouds hanging around the islands for the next couple of days so there will be more rainbows.
Mom is enjoying the view from the new room. She especially likes watching the birds that come to the trees outside the window. The trees they are landing in look somewhat like madrone trees. Will have to do more research and figure out what they really are.
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| Mom's view from bed |
Mom had the bone marrow biopsy on Tuesday. It was an interesting procedure. They use an auger similar to what we used to get cores out of trees, only a lot smaller. We have been told the actual procedure itself has little pain because of the anesthesia, its the recovery after the lidocaine wears off that is painful! (When I left, about 3 hours after the procedure, she still was not feeling the pain.)
I left on Tuesday evening for the Big Island, so posts will be intermittent since there is no wi-fi at the house. While waiting for my flight I got messages from Karen and Kai, their plane left Seattle on time but had to turn around at about 1:45 into the flight due to a maintenance warning light. We were supposed to have been coming in within minutes of each other so we could coordinate transport to Kohala, now they will be coming in on Wednesday night. The passengers at the Kona end were quite grumpy, I guess it actually affected 2 flights at the Kona end.
I was in for a surprise when I got to the house. In mid-June when I visited there were beds in each bedroom, covered by plastic groundcloths. I forgot the floors needed work, so this time all furniture was moved around and there were no beds to use. I slept on the couch, using a towel as a blanket. Here's the ramp at the front door. Yay! Uncle Kazu can come for a visit!
Happy Belated Birthday to Kathy, Gregg, and Everett!
Hope you had a good o bon!
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