It is hard to believe that it has been a week since we started this adventure.
I stopped in at 9 AM to get a quick assesment of Dad's progress and will relate that below, but I had some things to take care of that I let slide for a week. I have been at work this morning and don’t have any firsthand knowledge of this morning's activity so most of this report comes from my sister Nancy who has been a wonderful tag team partner all week. The rest of our "prodigal" siblings have been tremendous support when they have been in town and have given moral support from afar. It has been difficult for them because they feel detached due to the distance.
Dad was sitting in a chair when we got there this morning and had tried to eat a little breakfast. We are encouraging him to eat more, but he seems to get choked and loses interest so we will be cheerleaders in this endeavor today.
He is making progress but it is slow and tedious. The med team removed one of the chest tubes mid morning. They will be getting him up several times today and will be working on the breathing and coughing. They also took the wrapping off his leg where they had taken one of the grafts. They did not split him open from stem to stern to take the vein, they just made 2 small incisions so he will not have the long wound in his leg to deal with, and minimize the infection risk.
One of the surical team came by and did some assesment and spent quite a bit of time with the ICU nurse updating the record and directing course of action for the near future. Dad will continue to stay in ICU as long as necessary. He will probably spend some time in rehab facility after he gets out of the hospital to build up his strength and stamina as well assisting him with the difficulties associated with his NPH (normal pressure hydrocephalus).
Forgot one thing, a thanksgiving, Dad did not have to have much pain medication last night and tells us that he is not experincing a lot of pain except when he coughs or when they get him up.
Continue to pray that Dad can tolerate the exertion of the days demands.
God is good!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
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Tried to send a comment yesterday, and it did not work, so here goes again. Jo and I just heard about the surgery yesterday. We are praying for Jamie's speedy recovery. Jo & Randall Wheeler randall.wheeler@suddenlink.net
ReplyDeleteAs a "prodigal" (don't know how I feel about that tag!!), I have to say that Nancy, Rusty and Charlotte have really been wonderful to the rest of us since this all began. They've answered so many phone calls, so many emails. Charlotte has fed all of the out of town family several different times. The Fayetteville Jones kids have given the out of town Jones kids a great measure of peace through all of this.
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