The bathroom was down a very long hallway — about as far away from Paola and Steve’s guest room as you could possibly get. So when I woke up early the next morning, I tried to walk as silently as I could on the polished (white) marble floors. I had to pass the baby’s room […]

Of course I missed my chance to meet with the doctor.  (Darn.)  But the nurse told me she thought this doctor was going to be checking in on Lou again mid-morning. So Lou gave me his version of an update. The doctor was (of course) shocked by the amount of blood Lou was losing, and […]

Just before lunchtime, Lou got a couple of visitors: Steve and Hans.  Lou and I were watching some awful daytime TV talk show when they arrived. As soon as they entered Lou’s tiny room, it was suddenly filled up with two new larger-than-life personalities. But I was honestly so grateful to both of these men […]