My parents are doing ok - after 2 days of spending time with them - they have their good times and bad. Each of them are doing much better in some areas and have had some set backs in others.
Dad: Dad's chest tube is still in. Maybe tommorrow they will be able to pull it - but he's still outputting 130 cc's/24 hours than they'd like him to. He was having some oxygen issues earlier - so they hooked him back up to the oxygen and that helped. His pain is still difficult for them to control - and we've seen kind of a down turn in his alertness and orientation levels since they upped his meds. As to be expected. He has been up and walking around - with a great amount of pain - but he's doing it. He wants to chat with everyone - but he keeps calling people and then falling asleep - so if you get a phone call with heavy breathing - it's probably Dad. They were talking about releasing him tomorrow - but that's not going to be a possibility right now. He has to have his chest tube out for 24 hours first - and he has a good deal to go with his mobility. Dan will not be having surgery on his hand - so I'm guessing sometime a little later this week (Wed/Thurs maybe??) he'll be released. We're not sure what the next step is after that
Mom: She is still having a little bit of orientation issues - but she's much better today than yesterday. SHe is still having a lot of chest pain. Her chest x-ray on Wednesday showed a significant amount of fluid in her left lower lung - but after 18 hours of regular breathing treatments and an increase in her willingness to do the breath tests - today's x-ray showed some improvement - but the respiratory person and her nurses stressed that she still had a long way to go. Her release is pretty much contingent on her lung clearing. She is not having any mobility issues - she's getting around a lot better. She gets winded easily - but she's walking around well. SHe had another CT scan today - so hopefully tomorrow morning we'll get more information about that.
Gretchen is still missing- we're hoping for good news soon - Dad is getting much more concerned about her. Dan was out today handing out more fliers and talking to more people. We got a small bit of hope this afternoon - so PLEASE help us pray that tomorrow morning brings great news in this area. It certainly isn't much to go on - but we hope our search is over.
THanks for all your support - I'll try and update tomorrow afternoon!
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Oh Het - I can only imagine how hard this is on you! Always saying prayers for your family. I had a dog named Gretchen growing up, so it pulls at my heart to hear yours is missing too.
Hugs!
Thanks for all the info. This really helps. I gave the web address to Dennis and Butch. Also Dennis wants to talk to you about helping out if needed. We are still praying. So is my mother in law.
Love David T.
Het
Heard from Barbi about the accident and have been following your updates. Thanks for keeping us informed. Please give Dan and Karen our best wishes for a speedy recovery. We've been thinking, and worrying, about them constantly. Josh is following from California and Jessie checks in from here. All send their best to all of you.
Mick & Melissa
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