KH Update #17…still Tuesday….still in waiting room

It’s now 0905.  Haven’t had any updates on Katie, so I’d say that’s a good thing.

Since there is really nothing else to do, I’ve been “people observing”. Since there are no other people here, I’ve been observing the Cackling Trio. It’s fun to observe the dynamics of different people. One of the Trio left with the only male in the group (I’ll call him Sane Man). The other two “ladies” left were so good without her around. Very quiet. Spoke softly, just between the two of them. Normal conversations. It was so nice for about 20 minutes. Then, the Head Cackler came back. Sane Man was still nice and quiet, but the other two Cacklers started getting louder and more obnoxious….again.  About 10 minutes ago, Head Cackler went out to smoke with Momma Cackler (it’s her husband in the OR getting heart surgery). So, all who is left is Sane Man and Daughter Cackler (obviously the daughter of OR Guy). It was nice again for about 5 minutes. In comes another part of the Caclking family….she looks like OR Guy’s sister or cousin….about that age (60’s maybe).  Sane Man is still nice and quiet, just plucking away at his computer. Daughter Cackler and Aunt Cackler are talking….sort of loudly, but not in an obnoxious way. Don’t think Aunt Cackler has “young ears”, so it’s more of a normal conversation.

Uh oh. Head Cackler just came back in. Alex has bestowed upon her the moniker “instigator”. That fits.  It will start to get loud pretty soon. Mother Cackler stopped of at the ladies room, but she’ll be here soon. It’s amazing the parts of conversations a person picks up!!  Ahhhh……..just learned that OR Guy has blocked arteries, and they are doing his surgery “off cath” (or off cap….couldn’t hear it correctly), which is where the surgery is performed while the heart is still pumping its own blood. I only know the definition of that because Head/Instigator Cackler just read it aloud from her phone.

The Sleepy People are still here. They have been in and out of the ICU visiting their person. I heard somebody mention feeding tube and life support. It doesn’t sound good. I feel really sorry for them. I hope everything turns out ok.