Hello From Rockville
I went in early to see Harlan and to learn how to use the machine that was in his room. This machine has a "heating" pad with it that give off moist heat, a good thing for Harlan's problem. We put it on his leg, it is large enough to wrap around his leg, he gets restless and can only lay with it on for about 15 minuets and he is ready to get up and move around. He does get warm as the temp of the pad goes up to 105 degrees which will never burn him but does get him warm. Today I noticed a red area on his leg which they didn't seem to have an explanation for as it went across his leg not up and down so this red area did not follow the veins in his leg. They give him Tylenol for the pain and that really helps make him comfortable.
We made our coffee run to McD, he always looks forward to that little trip.
Last night he called me asked asked where he had lost me, he didn't seem to understand that I go home when he goes to supper.
This evening we had a nice rain I don't know how much we had but the way it rained I would guess maybe 1/2 to 1 inch, I'll check the rain gauge tomorrow, and until then have a good night's sleep and I'll be in touch........Fran