Wednesday Closeout

Just left Dad, and he has had a very good day.
He has taken ownership of a lot of the things that will help him recover quicker.

He ate a good amount of dinner and has been much more active with his arms and legs with the tasks the OT gave him to do. He is getting the hang of the breathing therapy and has shown improvement there each time he does the exercise.

His countenance was much more Jamie like tonight and I told him he looked good and did really great today. He said that he had a busy day. I think the activity and visitors kept his mind off of the negative and brought back the hope and promise of the future.

Dad had restless legs tonight and I checked with the nurse to see if they could give him something for his peripheral neuropathy and she called the hospitalist and he will give him something for it tonight. They also removed the catheter at 4PM today to see if he can tolerate using the urinal. If he can't use the urinal within 6 hours he will have to have a new catheter because they will give him another dose of Lasex tonight. I think the edema is still the main issue that is slowing everything down.

The final result of the biopsy is negative and the spot on his lung was some kind of pneumonia. I didn't catch what that was all about but will ask more questions when I see the pulmonary doctor again. It is minor compared to everything else.

Well that's about it for tonight. There will probably be only one update tomorrow. Charlotte came home feeling awful and had a temp. Tomorrow is her birthday so keep her in your prayers tonight and tomorrow.

Helium balloon; $2.50, get well card; $1.50; emails and visits; precious time;
prayer and support behind them all; PRICELESS!

You are all treasures and we can never express what you mean to us!

God is good!