Sleep, Sleep, Sleep

I went to see Megan on Friday afternoon around 2 pm. I could only see her for 30 minutes of an entire day so I waited until it would almost be time to leave. It was perfect timing. The nuclear medicine tech guy who had done her body scan came up and read her radioactivity as a 6.8 so she was able to leave. Another nurse came up, got information about our living situation for the next week, left to prepare a personalized plan for her continued radioactivity, and then came back with instructions. She can be around other people, she just has to stay an arms length away and no prolonged exposure; also no babies on her lap and stay away from pregnant women and small children for any long period of time. She still has to flush the toilet 3 times and clean the sink and shower well after use. Nothing too bad we can't handle. She hadn't slept well in the hospital and was fairly crabby. She did eat dinner that was at the House and then went up to the room and watched tv and fell asleep around 10 pm. She then slept for 15 hours, not waking up until after 1 pm on Satuday afternoon. Her throat and jaw were hurting from the treatment. The iodine settles in the salivary glands and can cause pain. She doesn't seem to be naucious at all though, which is good. She just overall is still feeling cruddy. Pretty weak, pains off and on and just very tired. She finally ate the breakfast plate I had made her in the morning around 6. I offered to take her out or order food but she just wanted something soft to eat here in the room. She did manage to eat every last bit of it all though, even 3 Samoa Girl Scout cookies I was able to find downstairs. She settled in to watch movies and some TV on the laptop in bed and that was the extent of her day. I slept most of the afternoon myself which felt good after racing non-stop in St. Louis preparing for this trip and then being sick. It's felt rather nice to just lay around reading a book and napping. I got up Sunday morning and made us breakfast, but as of 4 pm in the afternoon, she still hasn't woken up. There is a dinner being served at 6, so hopefully she'll want to take a shower and go downstairs to eat. Who knows. I'm hoping she will so I can strip her bed and do some laundry of sheets, towels and our clothes. I'm supposed to wash her linens seperately after a couple of days...so I would like to get this done for her today hopefully. Poor thing is just so tired. Being off the thyroid medicine makes her tired, but she was able to go on a full normal dose of new thyroid medicine friday evening. Hopefully she'll start feeling better within a week or two. That's all for now. Tomorrow is the big day...so we shall see! Love to all!