We've had another good couple of days. Since they can't get Bill's tube unclogged he's really making an effort to eat everything. He's doing a pretty good job and he's also able to swallow his meds. He has a little trouble with the larger pills but he keeps working at it until he gets them down.

Yesterday we took a drive to Amelia Island along the scenic route that was recommended by the housekeeper he has. We drove along the St. Johns river and inlets and the ocean, and over several bridges. It was a lovely day but so hot that the air conditioner in the car couldn't keep up and cool us down as much as we wanted to be. On the way home we stopped and had frozen custard. This place had been raved about but I was really disappointed. For my Illinois friends and family, Custard Cup and Mike's Chill both have better custard. This place only had chocolate, vanilla and chocolate/vanilla twist. They also had Italian Ices in various flavors and I guess you are supposed to get a "Blendini" which mixes the 2 together. Why not just flavor the custard? It was also pretty pricey, but Bill enjoyed it and needed the calories so it was money well spent.

We talked to the dietician again today and they are trying to get an appointment scheduled to get Bill's gtube removed. Dr. Blatt wanted to have him go in and have it unclogged, but Karen talked him out of it. She said he is too close to having it removed completely that she didn't want to put him through that. So, as long as he can maintain his weight, they won't clean or replace it. He has lost 2 pounds, but the last time he was weighed was Wednesday, so 2 pounds over a 5 day period isn't bad. He had lost 4 over the week before when he was still on total tube feeds. She wasn't too concerned about it. She's going to supplement his meals with Ensure and not bring it with his trays but between meals. They've been bringing Glucerna with his meals and he gets too full from the meal so he doesn't drink it. They have started putting them in the fridge and they are going to give him 1 tonight before he goes to bed.

His wound still looks good with just the dressing on it. It was a little gunky so it's still draining a little, but cleaned up nicely. It's so much better to just have the gauze dressing on it instead of the sponges and tubes.

Aimee, Lee and Dani are here this week and we are going to take Bill out to eat tomorrow night. That's so important to him and caused lots of problems when John was here. We were going to go tonight but it was raining and since he has such a hard time walking we (I) decided that it wouldn't be a good idea. So, hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow.

So, you're all caught up with the news from this end. I'll keep you posted!