Clare's Angels

After almost three and a half weeks of having his bones out of place, Kris had his forearm/wrist set and plated today. He is in a lot of pain with his arm and he said he hopes that Clare's fixed arm doesn't hurt this bad.

Clare had a better day today and Annette and Bethany spent the evening with her. She has been very calm compared to recent days and she kept her eyes open much of the time. We hope she can have more peaceful times. She appears to know we are with her and Annette said it has been a very nice visit most of the night.

We are learning that as she becomes more active, she gets into more trouble and she can do it very quickly. There is some kind of rebirth going on with her and it can be violent at times and come on very suddenly. The nursing staff is very capable, but they are not with her all of the time. We have been glad to have been there on several occasions to care for her or alert others to get in there.

Twice tonight Clare threw up and Annette and Bethany were there to help clean her up. It is at times like this that we think how nice it would be to have more help in being there for her when we cannot be there.

My brother Tom has volunteered to coordinate family and friends that would like to help with being with Clare. It would be one or maximum two people to just sit with her. The intent is to get coverage when we think our families won't be there, and if we do show up then that is OK too. We don't plan very far in advance these days so knowing Clare is covered would help us all out as we try to handle our schedules. Kris would like to spend more time with Clare, but he needs to find time to rest and recover himself. If you would like to be part of this group please email Tom at claresangels@gmail.com and give him your contact information such as phone, cell phone, if you take text messages, your email, and availability to be there.

We continue to be buoyed up by the faith and prayers of so many. We cannot say thank you enough.