nurse kimmy

My very good friends Deanna & Todd have been through a lot lately. Christmas in a furnished apartment 2 miles from MD Anderson and missing your daughters birthday is not exactly where and how you want December to go.

Deanna posted on her page she needed sign ups for Todd. He decided to have a seizure last Friday (the night after banana & I had dinner with them) and got himself stuck in the hospital for four days. She needed to be back at work, so she asked for help. This in itself is huge, because Deanna is wonder woman. I have no idea how she is holding everything and everyone together.

I signed up, all day today. I had actually forgotten about it until she called last night. So today after my follow up doctor appointment (bloodwork all good, cholesterol a little high) I headed down to MD to pick up my patient for the day.

I drove him back to the apartment, wondered why the roof at Reliant was open (the apartment is literally across the street from the stadium)? We warmed up some pizza and settled in on the couches.

We reminisced about our deliverance trip to Lake Livingston, our dream trip to Florida, and all the funny times in between. It was really great. We may have even decided on a Christmas gift from him for Deanna.

I made him drink his fluids, I made him take his temp. After an hour of his magnesium drip still a full little bubble, I threatened to drive him right back down the street if didn't go down within the hour. He shook it, lifted it and it did start to go down. To which I asked, "You didn't think you were going to get off that easy did you?" He laughed his big hearty laugh.

Todd is someone who never, ever meets a stranger, or a stranger pet. You would be lucky to meet someone like him, even luckier to have him in your life. He is awesome. And he loves Deanna with a passion that is so very wonderful to see.

Later in the afternoon, I cooked up some pork chops, stove top (I know, but it was what was there) made some gravy and fed him dinner.

By the way, where in the hell did all these "judge shows" come from? I mean, I'm sorry, you really have to want a divorce bad to go on "divorce court". It's just sick!

I met Deanna about seven years ago .... online. We have traveled together, lost friends and family together. She is wonderful, and I love her dearly. There are some really great people out there in cyberland and if you are very lucky, some of them stick around for awhile.