Quick note tonight because I have surgery in the morning and need to be at the hospital by 6:30 in the morning.
Last night I went home and the roads were pretty icy. Even with the 4 wheel drive truck, I could feel the truck slipping. When I arrived home about 10:30, I was so pleasantly surprised to find the driveway, sidewalks, path to the mailbox and the front of the driveway dug out, where the plow had been piling the snow. Our friends Lorretta and Mark came over and worked and worked and did an amazing job! They chipped with an ax, dug with a shovel, and removed all the ice and snow. I was so thankful and felt so much safer walking into the house with my bum leg.
It was a pretty quiet day at the hospital, things were pretty much steady as she goes. Angie, came by and spent a few hours visiting and had lunch with me in the cafeteria here. She and Tom have been out of town for a week and so it was nice to see them. Then our friends Nancy and John came to visit. It was wonderful to see them; we were appreciative of them making the drive from Parma with our current weather conditions.
Tonight before going home the nurse practitioner came by and wanted to talk about possibly putting in a gastric peg into Doug's stomach, saying that it may take time for Doug to have a strong enough swallow to get all his nutrition by eating. This was disturbing for both of us, because the last 3 days the pureed lunches have gone so well. It sounded so much different than what we had been hearing from the SLPs. Doug said no, he did not want any more tubes. I am concerned that inserting the peg could risk infection and I was not sure that it is necessary. I told her we could talk about it again at the end of the week. She said that was fine. But I must say it left us both a little distressed. With me not being here for a day or two, made it even more concerning. Things have been going well day by day and I felt comfortable being away for my own surgery for the next two days. This felt like someone had just thrown a wrench in our spokes. Or as my our friend Rev. Jennifer said it left me with butterflies in my stomach. Jennifer must have been my angel because she called just after we got this information. She helped me to step back and rest in God and prayed with me. Just what I needed.
And so I am off for home, Doug just got the last of his medications and we are saying goodnight. It is hard for me to leave him and hard for him not to be with me tomorrow.
And so we prayer:
Holy Lord, be with us this night as we sleep. Give us rest from our worries and hope in the healing that is to come. Be with those who care for Doug while I am gone and with my surgeon in the morning. And thank you Lord for all those who are helping us to make this surgery possible. We are so thankful for my sister Kate and Angie who will be with me and for our friends Heidi, Rylene, Jan, Melanie and Gerri. We give thanks for Ingrid for scheduling, Loretta and Mark for shoveling and for all who are caring for us in so many ways. We have so many angels surrounding us. Thank you Lord for your continued care. Amen.
It was my pleasure to sit with him. He is such a wonderful man.He is trying really hard and I can see results from Tues to Wed. He keeps reminding them he does not want the tube in his stomach. They are just worried about too much time in his nose.I tried to get him to eat more and I think he did. God is with him.Many prayers.
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