# 8

Kent and Karen visiting right before his HOT

The HOT chamberInside the chamber, they would have him sip water every once in a while.

We waited and waited and waited today for Dad to have his HOT treatment (my name for it) so we could go out and see him. I finally called about 5:00 p.m. and he still had not had it. We decided to just go so we could hopefully see him. We missed him by about 5 minutes so they sent us over to another building where his treatments are. We were able to visit with him about 10 minutes before they shoved him in the "capsule". He was very happy to see Kent and Karen. It was interesting to see exactly what they do. I took some pics of it and will post when I can. The treatments take 130 minutes so he wouldn't be back in his room until 8:30 p.m. We'll see him again in the morning. (They put a good western movie on for him to watch.)
I just called the hospital to see if Dad was back in his room. He's there getting settled back in. We had a little surprise tonight - our cousin- Sharin (Mortensen) - is the clinical director on his floor tonight and she was in his room! It was so nice to talk to her and know she's there taking care of him tonight! What a blessing!
Dad was a little put out with us for not staying and waiting for him to come back to his room but we couldn't. He can get kind of feisty with Mom at times so she handed me the phone and I just visited for a minute with him. Sharin said he's a little confused and she'll take good care of him.
Kent has to travel tomorrow for his job and leaves early in the morning. He'll be back to visit in the afternoon before he heads home.