Tuesday, February 19, 2008

tuesday afternoon, february 19

the ct scans came back positive!

it seems that there is nothing of concern on either the chest scan or the stomach scan. what a sigh of relief. we've been somewhat worried about these scans for a couple of weeks now, so it's a great burden that's been lifted.

mom said that dad has been able to change scenery by sitting in a chair today. he was propped up by lots of pillows. his muscles are quite a bit atrophied, so it took lots of help getting him to and fro, but i'm sure it made him happy to not be lying down. he's also been quite the demanding little patient! he wants a glass of water so badly, but he can only have ice chips, so in his attempts to sneak in a drink, he snagged the glass of ice chips, put it to his mouth, turned it up, and there went the whole cup down his chest! apparantly he's not willing to accept all of these limitations just yet! at least he's still got that stubborness (wait...maybe that's not such a good thing)! ha!

i haven't gotten much detail about the kidneys yet, but i know they didn't do dialysis today for the first time in five days. i'll find out more specifics when i go up to the hospital this afternoon.

he only has his PIC line in, but all other IVs are out, and they finally took the tube out of his nose that he's been up in arms about.

oh, he did say to mom, "what happened with the super bowl?!"

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Whitney

This all sounds great. All he needs now is his boots to really start kicking butt. I ask one favor. Take the camera and take his pic. while he is not in full glory. He needs a pay back for a pic of me he enjoyed laughing about. Of course this is no laughing matter.

Still praying that tomorrow will bring as much or double the good news of today.

Larry Rimmer

Anonymous said...

Wow...over 1200 visits to your dad's "get well" site. How awesome is that! He is obviously a man who is greatly loved...and greatly PRAYED for! What an encouragement that must be to your family.

Thanks for the updates. Keep 'em coming!

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much, Whitney, for these updates. I have literally been sitting on the edge of my chair today waiting for the results on the CT scans. Another answered prayer. God is good. We will continue to pray for the kidneys.
Love to all,
Diana

Anonymous said...

What a blessing! It feels so good to hear of his progress. I will continue to keep Terry in my prayers, along with all of us here in Schutt Customer Service. It has been a joy working with your father and I hope to do so again soon.
With all my love,
Jenny 'Jett' Malloy (as Terry would say)

Anonymous said...

PTL

You all are in our prayers...

Goree First Baptist

Anonymous said...

whitney,

it nice of you to keep us posted about your dad. We are glad to see he is improving. Tell your dad we to get better soon.

The gang at Bobby Evans Sporting Goods.

Anonymous said...

We continue to lift you up to our Fathers hands..Be blessed...Jimmy & Carlene