ext day I had a high fever and ended up in the ER again and was transferred to OHSU for another hospitalization. The high fever continued for 2 days and finally broke. Again, they couldn't locate the cause, but released me on Monday the 11th after my fever had been normal for a couple of days. By that time Kari and family had left for their drive back to Tennessee. They needed to get back home because Charles started school the next week. Ray was a little “bummed” because he ended up in the hospital during their stay, but we reminded ourselves that we had had a great visit at home for 10 days, and the kids were able to come visit in the hospital room this time, so they could see where Grandpa was staying. They got a kick out of wearing a gown, mask and purple gloves. 
I only got to enjoy about 3 days at home, while my doctor ordered a bunch of tests because of some problems I was still having. Ended up back in the hospital for another week, with many neurological tests, infectious disease tests, etc. They found some small blood clots in my leg and a couple in the lung (peripheral), so I am now on blood thinner. It seemed like there was a parade of doctors for several days. I didn't have any more fever, but was continuing to be weak and unsteady. One good thing was that I was next door to my original room (Dec/Jan) and had the same gorgeous view of the city and Mt. Hood. Unfortunately we've been having a cool, wet spring and early summer, so we only got occasional glimpses of the mountain. We did have a funny incident when the food service lady accidentally poured a vanilla milkshake all over me, the chair, table and floor. We had a good laugh and helped her clean it up as she apologized profusely. She was so thankful that we were gracious about it that she insisted on buying our dinner, so we enjoyed a wonderful dinner our last night. They finally released me again on the 21st with some new meds.
