Friday, August 22, 2008

11:03 pm

Brandon made it through the initial six hours without a hitch so he's up & ready to start the day. Too bad it 11:07 pm here & time for bed. He hasn't had any other reactions so we're very happy to have good news to report. Now it looks like our stay here will be longer since Brandon's last treatment was scrapped. I should know more about the scheduling either tomorrow or Monday. They really don't do a whole lot during the weekends. It's usually pretty quiet here. The cleaning ladies will still be knocking on our door at 8:00 in the morning wanting to clean to room. They are getting used to me turning them away but they still try to clean. We ask them to take out the trash & sweep - that's it. I brought disinfectant wipes from home so I can clean the room myself. Everyone of the floor believes that the cleaning ladies use the same rag on every room without using a cleaner or changing rags. That's pretty disgusting.... Brandon has to stay in the hospital tomorrow. In fact he can't leave the floor at all so it's going to be a pretty uneventful day. We try to relax but the nurses or cleaning ladies are in here quite often. They're having some sort of celebration here in the city & we have heard fireworks go off since 8 this morning. (nice alarm clock) Apparently they believe that if you shoot fireworks up to the Gods, then you will have wealth. Hopefully this is a once a year type of thing because the fireworks sounded like cars backfiring all day. Up on the 8th floor we were able to see them through out the area. Tonight after it got dark, it was nice to see the show. I took some pictures & managed to get one good one which I posted on here. In the picture above you can see them in the distance. It's nearly midnight & they're still going off. Probably won't get too much sleep tonight. Photo's: 1st - Brandon during the 6 hours of bed duty. He is only able to lay on his back or on his side. He cannot lift his head for the entire 6 hours nor can he use a pillow. 2nd - The view of the fireworks from our window. (Look above the neon sign - you can see the fireworks in the sky) 3rd - A picture of Nick taken yesterday at the hotel.


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