God's ways sure are confusing sometimes. Labor Day, Sept. 1st, I felt a cold or something coming on so I had Amy take me home to rest and get away from Dan, since his immunity is suppressed he could catch anything easily. By the afternoon, I had a 101 temp and everything hurt. I stayed in bed the rest of Monday, all day Tuesday, and half day Wednesday (today). I am thankful for my family: Dan's folks spent long days with Dan in the hospital, Amy juggled taking care of Swen/visiting Dan/bringing me medicine and water. By this afternoon, my fever was gone and I felt among the living again. After enjoying watching Amy and Swen in the pool, Amy brought me back to the hospital for a short visit with Dan; I'll sleep at home tonight to be sure I'm completely well before I start spending the night at the hospital again. Not sure why God would allow me to get sick in the hospital, maybe He thought I needed more rest, who knows. Enough about me.
Dan is still progressing well. Here are the updates I received today:
* Heart: Cardiologists decided not to do the 2nd echocardiogram, deciding that any issues with his heart are from the liver transplant. He continues to receive the blood pressure medicine.
* Liver: They did an ultrasound and biopsy on his new liver and confirmed his liver is working perfectly.
* Infections: Dan is still getting the antibiotics, I need to find out more about this.
* Swallowing: Dan passed the swallow test today, so he got his first "meal" - a liquid diet enhanced with thickener - he didn't mind the taste of everything except the thickened iced tea, which sounds pretty gross to me also. They might take his feeding tube out tomorrow if his swallowing continues to go well.
* Walking: He walked with the PT around the floor 3 times today.
* Concerns: His blood sugar has been all over the place, from low at 64 to way high at 275. The doctors have been contacted, it may just be from his pancreas trying to heal and Dan starting to "eat" again. Also, Dan had a fall today, I don't know all the details since I was still home sick, but he went down hard on his rump. Praise God no broken hip or broken anything else, but I'm sure he will be sore tomorrow. Rules for Dan now state he needs 2 nurses to help him up.
I'll update more tomorrow, time to get home to take more medicine and rest up for tomorrow.
Debbie and Dan
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3 comments:
Please get better soon! I know colds/flus can be quite nasty.
Praying for both you and Pastor Dan!
Aloha,
Rebecca
Hi, Debbie!
Get well soon. I remember Dan saying that he hates hospitals...there are sick people there. I guess that's the risk, huh? I'm glad you have the help. I wish I could help too (too far away), but I know I need to leave it up to God. I am praying for you and Dan.
Hope Dan's body gets in sync soon. Strange image of organs doing synchonized swimming----hmmm! Enough coffee for me!
Lots of love and hugs AND PRAYERS-- Janice
Debbie, stay home. Do not get near Dan until you are germ/virus, or whatever you have, free. In his conditions, he'll get a pneumonia when we would get a slight cold. It does look good for him. I have a neighbor who had a liver transplant, and he is doing great now. So will Dan, we trust.
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