Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Day 9 in Houston 1-16-07

This morning was very cold, but we were below the line of freezing rain and sleet. It felt freezing but it wasn’t. We crawled along the highway watching two helicopters hovering above ahead of us. Larry found the pilots BS channel on the scanner and some agency was spraying something on the highway. Maybe it is to prevent ice for tonight, who knows. Thank goodness for our winter coats and gloves, our faces about fell off on the walk to the hospital!

My Cuz wasn’t having a good day. She was in quite a bit of pain, but she is eating and drinking a lot better now. They had to take out stitches that should have been taken out weeks ago in the trauma unit. It was painful for Darcy but she was a trooper. She is healing up really well, but the breaks in her pelvis take a long time to knit back together. The healing process for her brain will take months and years really. I’ve learned so much about brain trauma…Helmets everyone!

I don’t think it got over about 40 today and with the wind…brrrr. Houston doesn’t get this cold very often. They are also having problems with flooding with all the rain they have had this month. One lady in the hospital thought it was great weather so she could where her winter hat and gloves and pretty sweater! Crazy, I say!

So, that was our day, now we are just working on staying warm.

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