As Day Twenty ends, it was an overall slow and uneventful day with Jenny which is a good thing. She got repeat bloodwork due to not having nutrition for 24 hours from her infamous escapade and her report is mostly normal across the board except low levels of magnesium and potassium. She is given “Hydromorphone” multiple times a day which specifically targets her moderate and severe pains. The rest of Jenny’s stomach staples were removed today with no issues. They also changed both her arm surgery dressings, her “pick line” dressing which is the location in her arm where she receives IV (Intravenous fluids) including water, pain medication and electrolytes. There was a dressing on her right hip that I was not aware of since that area was always covered under her briefs. I was told this damaged area was likely caused from the burn of the seatbelt from the collision. It will make a full recovery but the placement causes a lot of discomfort and itchiness from Jenny as the brief also goes over this area. She did not speak much today which I accept will happen frequently as she recovers, but when she does she is speaking Tagalog more than English. I do not speak Tagalog myself, so I have to ask her to repeat it and try to record it so I can get a translation but she often does not repeat it so I apologize to her many times for not being able to understand which I notice she sometimes gets frustrated with. She is aware that her brain is not cooperating with her, and I always assure her that it’s ok and this will just take time. I often ask if she can repeat what she says in English but she cannot. The only notable line she said in English today was “Make it five”, “Make it seven” and “Make it ten” which she repeated many times. I am still trying to figure out what it means as it must be important to her because she kept saying it.

Lastly, today was my final day of coverage from MPI (Manitoba Public Insurance) for a hotel room at HSC Canad Inns located right beside the hospital. This coverage provided the foundation I needed to exist, let alone continue, following the days after the accident as it allowed me to be beside Jenny everyday without difficulty. I would like to thank Deserae, my case manager, for approving this and assisting me every step of the way.

When I first entered HSC Canad Inns, I kept a low profile but slowly over the two weeks, staff from all across the different teams at the hotel learned about Jenny’s story and began to recognize me everyday. Originally along with Nick, Jean and Harry from the Front Desk staff, I extend my sincerest thank you to Norjohn, Harpreet, Sukhmeen, and Sully for showing care, patience and compassion to Jenny and I during my stay. Jasmeet from Security, who I never spoke to before until that point, walked up to me on my final day and asked about Jenny’s progress and that truly touched my heart. Ron and Raman from Aaltos, who were there for my first meal at the hotel and even today for my last, eventually learned of Jenny’s story and supported me whenever I stopped by. Akosua from Garbonzo’s, who was always accommodating to any request, even up until 12:00am when they closed for the night. Along with Jasmine and Helen from the Canad Inns Room staff, I’d like to mention Irene and Nino who recognized me and gave their support and wishes.

After I walked past the hotel doors for the last time, I spent the rest of the day alone beside Jenny until by chance, her coworkers Sumeet and Mildred from Deer Lodge came to visit her coincidentally at the same time. We all shared a tender moment together as they reminisced with stories about working with Jenny that I’d never heard before. They were all about Jenny just being her usual vibrant, helpful, energetic self and how she was always supportive in all situations no matter how crowded or stressful.

As I bid goodbye to my home for the past two weeks, there were so many people from staff to coworkers to even the hotel guests that I want to thank for helping keep me afloat so I could continue being there for Jenny. I am still in a state of disbelief that some of the hotel guests told me they had already heard about Jenny’s story and gave me their best wishes for her recovery. Thank you everyone at HSC Canad Inns for these meaningful past two weeks. Thank you Deserae from MPI for approving my stay. Thank you dearly to the Canad Inns Housekeeping team for your amazing, unexpected support and lastly I will never forget to give my personal thank you to each and every one of you for reading these updates, for choosing to follow Jenny and for continuing to spread her story as she perseveres through her long journey to recovery.