Jenn was moved out of the hospital early this morning, to a guest house where Tim and two other PCV's are staying. Yesterday, the doctor asked if she could walk, so she got up, and walked from one end of the hospital corridor to the other, then went down a flight of stairs. They did convince her to take the elevator back up. I talked to Brenda at 11:00 local time last night, Jenn wore them out trying to keep up with her.
The woman in the bed next to her gasped, and said "I don't believe my eyes". All of her doctors concurred that they couldn't find any reason to keep her in the hospital any longer.
Tim will be in the halfway house another two weeks, then returning to Malawi - Jenn will be there at least 5 weeks, it turns out - the docs said "are you kidding? Two weeks? Don't you know we just removed a tube from her lung yesterday, and just took her off of oxygen?" Perhaps we were a little overly optimistic.
Micki and Brenda are on a plane over Africa as I write, trying to make it home tomorrow - they may get bumped in Dakar at 3:00 am local time, bummer, but they thought this was their best chance - and they are ready to come home.
If you ever have to go through this ordeal, stay at the Centurian Forever Hotel near the hospital - they have treated Brenda and Micki like queens, a very nice experience. I am jealous - my Raz dog is the one that gets treated like a queen here, I am the cup bearer - as in a cup of dog food.
Jenn will have computer access at her guest house, if she feels up to it she may answer some e-mails, and, hopefully, she will take over her blog. Dad's blogging days are about to come to an end - hurray!! Jenn is much more interesting, and can give you a lot more insight into what has happened / is happening.
Thanks again for your support. Couldn't have done this without you.
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