Each Day Is a Gift

I didn't set the alarm and Larissa woke me at 6:05am.  We were supposed to leave at 6am.  Ran with Beth, Angela and Larissa all over their Kingwood neighborhood.  Overcast sky which feels cooler although it had rained all day yesterday so humidity was like 100%.  AP:  10:18 (10:47, 10:49, 10:29, 9:19, 9:27).  When we were done, we saw grandma walking by herself on the road in front of the houses so we walked with her for 2+ miles.

Went to downtown Houston Discovery Green for lunch at a Taiwanese eatery and splash pads for the grandkids. 

To airport for our 7pm flight home, flight was 30 min delayed.  Arrived home well past 10pm.  A quick but fun trip.  Hubby was asleep so will talk to him in the morning.

With Wendy, chatty run!

With Karen and Wendy.  We did hill repeats on Dry Creek west hill.  Well, Karen did hill repeats, we jogged and she did twice as many as us.  Hehe!

With Karen on MCT to PG Silo Rd and back.  We started at 6am, 58F partly cloudy sky.  The cooler weather made all the difference.  AP: 10:18 with couple of bathroom stops and brief water fountain stops.  Ate a package of shot blocks, 2 pieces at mile 5+, then one piece every 2-4 miles. 

After a quick shower, I drove hubby to the hospital to be admitted for kidney biopsy.  He had a previous one on May 9 (39 days ago).  We got there just before 10am.  They drew a bunch of labs.  His poor arms were like pin cushions.  He had 5 needle pokes yesterday just for labs in the morning and at the oncologist (Dr.  Chipman) office in the afternoon.  The nurse couldn't start an IV, so they had the PICC specialist came to start a mid-line on his right arm.  His INR was 4.1 yesterday, so they gave him two units of FFP which brought the INR down to 1.4.  By 6:30pm (nearly 9 hours of waiting and NPO), they gave him a unit of DDaPT and another unit of FFP and took him to intervention radiology.  The radiologist, Dr. Bonk, and nurse (Wanda) was the same team that did his biopsy a month ago.  This time Dr. Bonk only had to do one pass.  

At 9:30pm, I went to the cafeteria to get some food for hubby and I for dinner.  Dr. Cline called and said that he would push for the pathologist to read the biopsy by midnight and if all goes well we can go home and be treated on an out-patient.  At midnight the call came that the biopsy mirrored the first one to confirm that there is probably no acute rejection.  He stopped one blood pressure med that might be the culprit in damaging the kidney.  He will have lab tests MWF to monitor his kidney functions closely.  I will give him Lovenox to bridge the Warfarin. 

No running today.  We got home after midnight last night.  I got up early to go shopping for a few items that Steven and Jia-Fen didn't pick up for me last night.  Thanks to their shopping for me last night, I was able to get all the food I needed for the bridle shower this morning, and Father's Day dinner tomorrow night.  Jia-Fen stayed overnight so she was here to help me with food prep and clean up.

Sis. Giada Pagnin,  Samantha (Burnett) Holt and Britton (Ketts) Allen arrived 30 min early so they helped me finish doing the food for the bridle shower.  Giada's 4 other friends came later.  The bridle shower was a success, so FUN!

Then Gary stopped by on his way from the airport from HK.  Lily and the girls continued ahead to BYU to check Jessie in the dorm.  Can't wait to see everyone tomorrow for Father's Day!  Steven and Jia-Fen stayed overnight.  We watched a movie, Race, but I fell asleep and missed most of the action.