Sunday evening

The sun is down, the floor is becoming very quiet and Mary is drifting in and out of sleep. After dinner, she did her third walk of the day, and this time she did four laps of the floor. I counted paces (my paces) and each lap is about 130 paces times 2.5 feet resulting in a 330 foot lap. So three laps is 1,000 feet or so. She was very determined to do four laps after dinner and she did but then she got back to the room and sort of just faded away.

The blood tests being run, for those who know what they might be, are measuring IgG and the other is ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate). From the info we have recieved, these appear to give some indication of the inflammation levels in Mary's system. We haven't talked to an internist yet, but we would assume that they are trying to figure which direction the trend is going. If its up, that is bad. If flat or down, that is good.

Its 8:30PM and Mary just said she is tired. So, I think I will tuck her in and head home. I know the dogs want to see me.

Pat