Lisa said yesterday they were going to advance her diet to liquid, but not clear liquid. For lunch today they brought her a tray with turkey, mashed potatos, carrots, milk, coffee, and a piece of cake. The cake, incidently, was one of the kinds of things the dietician had told her to stay away from. She told the nurse that she couldn't eat this stuff, and asked her to try. She took four hours to drink the milk, the coffee was terrible. I hated the coffee at the hospital. The only decent cup I had was the Folger's we brought with us and prepared at the hotel. For dinner this evening, they brought her a piece of pork with mashed potatos on the side. She told them right up front that we follow a Jewish diet. She told me she made it perfectly clear right up front and they brought her pork. She had the volunteer remove it. She asked the nurses if any mail had come for her and said that nothing had come. She knew that her mother had sent her a card, but she had never received it. When she was our walking by the nurse's station, she saw an overflowing stack of mail in the inbox and asked if she could look through it to see if any of it was for her. There were several that were for her, and had probably been there for a few days. There was mail for lots of patients that was just sitting there overflowing the in box. Disgraceful.

Lisa' new roommate has a mother that will not stop talking and will not leave, and her roommate snores terribly. Lisa is not able to get much sleep at all. She said this lady snores worse than I do, which to hear Lisa talk is saying something. The nurses gave her ear plugs, so hopefully that will help. They removed her PCA and have her on oral pain meds and a duragesic patch. They are still checking her blood sugar quite regularly. She should be used to it by now.