6:30 AM Monday April 25, 2011

Happy Monday!  It was a good weekend although it would have been better if Ed was home, but we think today is the day that he'll be "paroled" as he likes to put it.

Easter was a nice day - Tyler and I took Ed breakfast and an Easter basket with all the appropriate stuff - marshmallow eggs, peeps, jelly beans, a box of See's candy and a coloring book - I told him he has full permission to color OUTSIDE the lines (as we all know he metaphorically does all the time).  All the kids came by, along with Cheryl, Lou, Joe and Joel, and then Kevin later in the evening.  So Ed had lots of company and entertainment - no time for conducting any of those silly medical experiments!  Thanks for the delicious food Cheryl.  Ed at a good amount of mashed potatoes and a whole meatball.  Today he'll have the soup.  Yummy!  You are a great cook!

Ed also had a PICC line put back in yesterday - this time in the right bicep, so he's free of the other IVs and much more comfortable.  His poor veins were starting to get really irritated in his arms, so it will be great to give them a break, as well as give him a break from all the poking and prodding.

Waiting for Dr. Mazur and Dr. Menco to come by today and hopefully they will decide to let Ed go home.  The weather has gotten beautiful this morning, just in time for us to get in a quick trip to the lake house before we go to UCLA on Friday.  That's the plan so far, and I'll let you know if anything changes.  Hope you all had a splendid Easter filled with chocolate bunnies and jelly bean dreams.  It was so much fun watching all the little ones at my sister's house - kid mayhem as we like to call it.  10 little kids versus 500 easter eggs in the yard -- a lot like Joe vs. The Volcano just with more squeals of delight and chocolate faces!

Have a wonderful day! I'll let you know when Ed is home.