A Good Friday

Greetings to you all.

Today has been a Good Friday indeed!

It began with Rebecca, looking for something to do, called several places to confirm payments, and get comparative quotes for home and auto insurance. Looks like she may have scored on the auto insurance!

The more exciting news came later when this week's Team Xavier paid their morning visit. Mind you, what follows is contingent on Xavier's health determined from next week's ultrasound exam (which is scheduled for Wednesday).

The doctors have concluded that Rebecca's diagnosis of herself last week is correct, and she is not sick or at risk to the degree the doctors first feared. They are seeing her BP under control and staying consistent with her current medication and activity level. They were quick to state that Xavier is still not at the health level he needs to be. "Rebecca may not be sick, but Xavier is because he is not getting what he needs," they said.

If, upon review of the coming ultrasound exam, Xavier has made significant progress, the doctors may be willing to create an outpatient monitoring program. This will entail Rebecca being allowed to continue her bed rest from home and have to come in to the hospital for tests and check ups twice a week. "Home" will be the Southern Outpost in Westminster, and the "hospital" will be University Hospital (PVH, the doctors told us, cannot deal with our baby).

For Xavier's part today, his heart rate is strong in the 140s. (our night nurse was able to pin him down faster than any other nurse here; I'll have to ask her if she used to compete in calf roping).

Rebecca and I did go on an extended walking tour of this huge University of Colorado hospital and then ate ice cream from one of the campus shops. (We do not recommend the UC Marble Slab Ice Cream Shop, but it still made a nice date to reconnect). We had planned on dying eggs (I boiled up 16 of them while up north), but we did not get to it today. Instead, we spent a quiet evening watching Argo, a movie both Rebecca and I do recommend.

Always, we thank you for your prayers and your standing with us.

This is the building Rebecca is in; you can see her room from this angle.

Rebecca outside with a part of the campus behind her.

The ground floor under this parking structure has several food places: a Jimmy John's, a Subway, UC Marble Ice Cream Shop, Big City Burrito are a few of them.