Saturday

After a hard, deep sleep, I awoke and dashed about gathering what I thought I might need as well as things Dennis had requested. James decided to stay home and tend to things he needed to do, so I took off for the hospital. I was amazed when I arrived to find Dennis awake and in good spirits and not in the terrible pain that had been expected. He was definitely starting to swell, but his new little kidney was chugging away and what he was taking in was coming on out. Kelly had told our local granddaughters that "They needed to pray for PawPaw because he has gotten a new kidney." The girls started to squeal with delight and only after they settled down was Kelly able to get out of them the misintepretation of "kitty" for kidney. So we decided that we would have to name the kidney or they would be looking for a little bundle of fur and be very disappointed to see PawPaw.

Dennis ate three meals ordered from the hospital's room service and donned his new BSU hat to watch BSU pummel IU. The one down side was that BSU's star player, Dante Love, suffered a devastating injury in the second quarter. BSU prevailed though and the victory was especially sweet. The new pastor arrived in the afternoon and he too was amazed when he saw Dennis and chatted for a brief time, prayed and went to visit another infant patient.

I headed for home again, tired but thankful that the "dreaded second day" had not materialized!
September 20, 2008