Shave Ice

I dropped Aunty Florence and the girls off at the Bishop Museum this morning, then took Mom for her blood draw. Every Monday morning her blood will be examined; if her red blood cell amount (hemoglobin) is less than 8 gm/dl or her platelet pack is less than 10 K/uL or if there is active bleeding, a transfusion will be scheduled for later in the week. On July 2nd, when she was in the emergency room, her red blood cell amount was 6 and her platelet pack was 13. After the transfusion on the 5th, her red blood cells went up to 9.1 and platelets to 67. The effects of the transfusion from last Thursday are still apparent, she has much more energy than she did before the transfusion. Today we had to stop her from scrubbing the laundry sink and vacuuming the house to conserve her energy for the things that only she can do!

When I picked up Aunty Florence and the girls, they wanted to go to Rainbow Drive-In for shave ice. They actually don't have shave ice at Rainbow any more, they are concentrating on their ono local food plate lunches. The shave ice is next door at Hawaii's Favorite Kitchens, just walk through the parking lot. Justine had sour apple, blue raspberry, and watermelon; Ursula had blue bubblegum with blue raspberry; and I had li hing mui pickled mango. Here's the aftermath of Ursula's shave ice; its a good thing blue is her favorite color!


Last week we saw a film crew about 1/2 block away from the house. We think they were filming a segment of the new Hawaii Five-0; one of the trucks was from CBS, which is the station that Hawaii Five-0 airs on. We think the filming took place in front of Mrs. Vea's house. We did not see any of the main actors. I guess we'll have to watch the first episode of season 7 on September 23rd to see if we can spot the scene!

Filming took place near the cars down the street

Happy Birthday to Aunty Michie!