Mauri ora!!

Mauri ora ki te whanau!
Let me bring you all up to date:

• As you know, all the machines & tubes have been changed
• The PICO - heart machine - is measuring the strength of his heart - facinating to watch the nurses flush 15 ml of water through the tubes and measure how strong his heart is
• he was on 40% oxygen today - so he had to do alot of work!!
• heart rate and blood pressure is what is is - no suprises
• Dialysis - they had him hooked up for 4 hours today
• the oxygen levels in his blood are quite good - but dad has a habit of flicking off the clip they put on his finger nails!
• Debbie took care of him today - she is good, very friendly and open about what she does with dad - most helpful!!
• But last night - i had to help them move dad as he slipped down the bed - he has alot of strength left in him!!
• A couple of Joe Habibs daughters came to visit - nice one!
• Cousin Hineauri just left for home as i write this - cousin Phillipa is on her way up with tea!!
• Cousin Aroha French rang up and left a message for us - i called her back and left the BLOG address for her

Text from Aroha: thanku so much 4 letn us kno..our luv 2 u all, Aroha.!.! <~Big Mamaluv~>

• Tapeka is booked to come home - he just finished ringing me - it will be good to see the cousin and to bring him home!

It looks as if we are in for a very long haul. We have to organise ourselves so that we dont burn out: our priority is to ensure that someone is bedside looking after his wairua, to urge him on, maintain his dignity, to keep a keen watch over him and bring him back!

- So we need a base - somewhere we can dump our bags, cook our food, shower and sleep
- and we need a way to fund the accomodation, food etc
- we need to set up a rotating schedule to ensure someone is bedside
- we need to set up an account to make this all happen without undue burden on those at bedside

So, we as a family are currently looking at our options

Does anyone know of a place we can rent up here in Hamilton for a couple three months?

The kids and I need to head back to Dunners (probably by the end of the week - or whenever we can get the right flights!) - we need to go home and go back to work - so that we can get back up here in a month and do another week-to-10 day stint with Dad

Thankyou all for your prayers, karakia and whakamoemiti - ma te atua koutou e manaaki|

Heoi ano e te whanau - tenei taaku e mihi atu ki nga whanau o konei, o Tainui waka mo to ratou manaaki mai ki a matou o Taupo-nui!!

Naaku noa
Hauiti

ps: enjoy the video