Praising God today, Friday Oct. 3rd

We are praising God for many improvements today!

* The aggressive treatments for getting rid of the fluids are working, Dan's lungs sound clearer and his swelling is better, also his labs look good.

* Dan's hemoglobin level is over 11 now, higher than it's been in a long time.

* The doctors changed his heart meds AGAIN, this time giving him the super strong Amiodarone by IV along with Heparin by IV, a blood thinner that also flushes the IV lines to prevent clots. This worked, and his heart returned to "sinus" rhythm today, meaning it is beating normally! And, today's EKG reading is the same as Dan's EKG before transplant! I was dancing in Dan's hospital room today!

* Dan is eating like crazy and drinking about 5 cans of Glucerna (a protein shake) a day, and yesterday's calorie count was 2,400...so no feeding tube yet. Because he is using up so many calories in healing, he may yet need the feeding tube at nights only, we'll see.

* The central IV line in his neck was removed today, always a good thing to get these out.

Wonderful things Dan said today that I have to brag about:

* When the night nurse, Ashley, came in tonight and did the usual asking him questions like what is your name, do you know where you are, then she asked if he knew my name and get this - he answered "gorgeous".

* The head day nurse came to visit this afternoon and asked how we were doing. After catching up on all the clinical info, I mentioned that we were still fighting to get better, and Dan said "no" - I asked him what he meant and he said "we're not fighting, we're winning". Made both the nurse and me a little misty eyed, and very blessed.

God bless you as you win your daily battles,
Debbie and Dan