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
- Tapeka is booked to come home - he just finished ringing me - it will be good to see the cousin and to bring him home!
- 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
1 comment:
Kia ora e te whanau,
Our thoughts are always with you all and dad (koro). The tamariki are all back at school, reluctantly I must add and I'm back at work. Dunedin is still pretty cold and the snow has been washed away by the rain!! Its good to see photos of you all, you all look well.
I am glad that this blog is available to keep us in 'the know' of how dad is.
Love to you all.
Toni
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