time to breathe, sorta

[serene]

No pun intended.



wild_irises and loracs are trading off shifts (last
night and today). I went home and slept *seven* *whole* *hours*, during
which I only awoke a few times to make sure someotherguy was
breathing (note to new people: someotherguy is breathing just
fine -- it's my other partner, stonebender, who is having
breathing difficulties).

stonebender slept five hours last night!!!!!! Yay! He did have
one pretty bad crisis, and they had to stick a tube up his nose to clear
out his lungs with, but hey, he slept after that, and that's amazingly
wonderful.

I'm at The Best Temp Job Ever, wishing I weren't. Not only do I not like
being away from stonebender for this long, but I haven't touched
my "day job" in nearly a week, and my boss is being VERY patient, but I
have a ton of work to do and am not able to do most of it if I'm not home.
Here tomorrow, too, and then I'll have the weekend to catch up.

Right after work, I'll walk over to the hospital and spell wild_irises, and then almost certainly spend the night there. The
next time I'll see someotherguy is tomorrow night, at the
earliest. *sighhhhh*

Comments

[waywardcats.livejournal.com]

I can help take a turn this afternoon/evening as well, if you need me.

I am so relieved that he finally got some sleep!

Hugs

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

If you do have time to come by, that would be great. As I told leback below, any time you could spend with him while one of us gets a bite to eat or a quick (or not-so-quick) nap would be appreciated. Thanks for offering! If you need more info, let me know. I'll have email access all day, and you can always call Carol on her cellphone.

[firecat]

Thanks for the update. Hang in there, all of youse. [hugs]

[leback.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad stonebender got some sleep, and that you did too! Things sound really rough for everybody right now. Is there anything I can do to help? I'm free all day tomorrow (and probably this evening, too, if that's useful), can get to Berkeley easily, and would be glad to help run errands, transport people, or do anything else that might be useful. Also, I don't know whether use of a laptop would help you get some work done from the hospital, but if so, you'd be welcome to borrow mine.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

You are wonderful. He was really warmed by your earlier comment, too.

As far as helping, any time you wanted to spend hanging out with Guy while whoever's on that shift goes to get some rest and/or a meal, that would be welcomed. He's at Alta Bates in Berkeley. I can give you more info if you do find you have time to come and visit.

We, of course, would be available on our cellphones at all times, if something happened or you had questions. Oh, and right now he's really sensitive to scents, so I'm telling everyone who visits to please avoid flowers and perfume.

*hugs* Thanks so much for caring.

[leback.livejournal.com]

I would *love* to visit -- I would have asked sooner, but I figured Guy wouldn't feel up to having his whole fan club descending on him while he's stuck in the hospital and feeling crappy. However, if he's game and it would make life easier for the rest of you, I can think of nothing I'd like better than to hang out there for a while. Just tell me when! I'm a night owl by nature, and I have loads of reading to do, so it'd be easy for me to take a graveyard shift. One option: If you and Guy would like to spend a few hours together this evening and then both get some sleep (and/or some time with James!), I'd be happy to come up overnight. (I might want to head out fairly early in the morning in order to get back to the South Bay for a 9:30 appointment, but said appointment does not yet exist, so this is very flexible.) But if there's anything different you all would prefer, just let me know!

Also, thanks for the heads-up regarding flowers, as I almost certainly wouldn't have shown up without them! Is there anything I could bring instead that Guy might enjoy more?

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

First impulse: "Oh, no, don't put yourself out on our account!"

More adult response: Any time would be fine. If you feel like coming tonight, I can go home and someone (I or someone else) will relieve you whenever you say. Otherwise, I have to leave for work by 7:30 tomorrow morning, and any time tomorrow day or night that you can come by for any amount of time would be really helpful. Tonight was my turn to spend the night, but if you want to take my turn, I will resist arguing. Tomorrow night, he'll probably still be there, so if tomorrow night is better, that'll be great.

Gifts: Card? Book? Balloon? Candy? (His faves are chocolate (especially with almonds) and See's peanut brittle, but he's not very picky.)

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Hey, if it's okay, he's not up for an all-night visit with someone not familiar with his routines, so I'm gonna plan to spend the night tonight, but a bit of a visit would be *great*.

[leback.livejournal.com]

Totally understandable -- I can't imagine I'd feel any differently in his position! Any preferences over there as to whether I aim to drop by this evening or tomorrow afternoon? Either is pretty doable for me. I'll figure on tomorrow unless I hear otherwise before then. I'll send you email with my cell phone number, and if you want to let me know how to contact whoever will be there tomorrow, I can call before I come by.

Thanks for the tip regarding candy -- there's a See's store right by here, so that works out very nicely indeed. :-)

[clever-doberman.livejournal.com]

Serene, I just want to say that your posts and those of Loracs have been a lifeline for information about our sweet guy.