Thursday August 20, 2009 9:00 am

Hard to believe it's been a week since Marie woke up with pain and a swollen leg! The transfusion seemed to do the trick -- her hemoglobin is back up and they're looking to transfer her to a regular hospital room today. No idea how long she'll be here yet -- they have to get the coumadin (blood thinner) regulated before she can go. Today -- for the first time in seven days -- she actually sat up in a chair. A milestone in my book. She's bleeding a bit at all her IV sites, and had a bloody nose this morning, reminding us all just how thin her blood now is after all the TPA and Heparin they gave her. The doc is putting her on a diuretic to try and get some of the fluid out after they pumped so much in for her low blood pressure. She's still quite swollen. But seeing her sit up lifted my spirits a good deal, and I couldn't help but think that the light at the end of the tunnel brightened a bit. Kelcy heads back to school today, and Keegan starts high school Monday. I start teaching class Monday at UHD as well while still working full time at BCM. So the next week or so could be pretty darn adventurous. Let's hope we can get Marie home and in full recovery soon. Recovery -- I actually typed the word! The light just brightened again.