If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
update on grandson, thanks
Well, ladies I'm sure your prayers have helped yet again.
Believe it or not DGS has been sent home this morning! Open heart surgery on Monday and home on Thurs! Amazing! According to Mom, his color is now normal (hasn't been for some time), spirits seems good, but he is still in considerable pain from his ribs and they have been told to expect this for some weeks. He has been going for short walks around his hospital room and into the hall way. He can not sit up by himself yet or get in or out of bed and since he knows it is going to hurt to have someone lift him, he panics whenever it is time to get up for the bathroom or a walk. His Mom is very nervous about taking him home (they live 2 hours away from hospital, I had thought it was only 1), but the docs said he was good to go. Thanks for all your prayers and support. Marilyn in Alberta, Canada |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
update on grandson, thanks
Marilyn, I know a little something about that 'getting up' pain. After his
bypass, DH had a sort of canvas band around his chest and when he needed to sit up or lie back, he grasped the handles on it. Don't exactly know how that works but it was such a help somehow to keep those mending painful ribs from just killing him. If there's not a 'little fellow' size available, you can bet we'll help you figure out how to make one. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Polly "Marigold" wrote in message ... Well, ladies I'm sure your prayers have helped yet again. Believe it or not DGS has been sent home this morning! Open heart surgery on Monday and home on Thurs! Amazing! According to Mom, his color is now normal (hasn't been for some time), spirits seems good, but he is still in considerable pain from his ribs and they have been told to expect this for some weeks. He has been going for short walks around his hospital room and into the hall way. He can not sit up by himself yet or get in or out of bed and since he knows it is going to hurt to have someone lift him, he panics whenever it is time to get up for the bathroom or a walk. His Mom is very nervous about taking him home (they live 2 hours away from hospital, I had thought it was only 1), but the docs said he was good to go. Thanks for all your prayers and support. Marilyn in Alberta, Canada |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
update on grandson, thanks
Wow Marilyn -
That is some fantastic news. Will continue to keep him in my thoughts and prayers as he recovers. Cindy from MO "Marigold" wrote in message ... Well, ladies I'm sure your prayers have helped yet again. Believe it or not DGS has been sent home this morning! Open heart surgery on Monday and home on Thurs! Amazing! According to Mom, his color is now normal (hasn't been for some time), spirits seems good, but he is still in considerable pain from his ribs and they have been told to expect this for some weeks. He has been going for short walks around his hospital room and into the hall way. He can not sit up by himself yet or get in or out of bed and since he knows it is going to hurt to have someone lift him, he panics whenever it is time to get up for the bathroom or a walk. His Mom is very nervous about taking him home (they live 2 hours away from hospital, I had thought it was only 1), but the docs said he was good to go. Thanks for all your prayers and support. Marilyn in Alberta, Canada |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
update on grandson, thanks
excellent progress all the way around with the wee lad,
Marilyn. amazing how quick they get them moving these days, eh. as for getting up just to have a pee... when ds was in hospital back in '01 with meningitis, he couldnt move from total lack of energy from lack of food intact for nearly a week when he was sick (before he got into hospital, was drugged enough to kill the bug, then got his appetite back and ate enough to start putting back all the weight he'd lost). tho he wasnt poo'n, he was pee'n so they gave him a thing he could just pee into, doesnt spill, then someone emptys and rinses it out for the next time. no getting up or moving at all, just shove it in and pee. sorry to be so graphic but that is how it worked and it worked a treat for him. it was a good week before he could move much at all. ten days before we got him into a wheelchair for a sitdown shower. my boy was soooooooo thin it scared me to bits, still is and still does. after that he started leaning into vegetarian, now he is total vegan. it aint easy when dh and i eat meat, tho not a lot, we do eat all the other animal stuff (milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs). now we buy two different lots of food and cook both too. argh. oh well. try some kind of rinseable plastic thing with a smallish opening. fwiw, j. "Marigold" wrote... Well, ladies I'm sure your prayers have helped yet again. Believe it or not DGS has been sent home this morning! Open heart surgery on Monday and home on Thurs! Amazing! According to Mom, his color is now normal (hasn't been for some time), spirits seems good, but he is still in considerable pain from his ribs and they have been told to expect this for some weeks. He has been going for short walks around his hospital room and into the hall way. He can not sit up by himself yet or get in or out of bed and since he knows it is going to hurt to have someone lift him, he panics whenever it is time to get up for the bathroom or a walk. His Mom is very nervous about taking him home (they live 2 hours away from hospital, I had thought it was only 1), but the docs said he was good to go. Thanks for all your prayers and support. Marilyn in Alberta, Canada |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
update on grandson, thanks
Good news is always a great way to start the day! I'll keep your boy in
prayers. -- Pat in VA/USA |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
update on grandson, thanks
Thank God and prayers for his on going recovery.
Hugs -- Jane http://windigothreads.shutterfly.com "Marigold" wrote in message ... Well, ladies I'm sure your prayers have helped yet again. Believe it or not DGS has been sent home this morning! Open heart surgery on Monday and home on Thurs! Amazing! According to Mom, his color is now normal (hasn't been for some time), spirits seems good, but he is still in considerable pain from his ribs and they have been told to expect this for some weeks. He has been going for short walks around his hospital room and into the hall way. He can not sit up by himself yet or get in or out of bed and since he knows it is going to hurt to have someone lift him, he panics whenever it is time to get up for the bathroom or a walk. His Mom is very nervous about taking him home (they live 2 hours away from hospital, I had thought it was only 1), but the docs said he was good to go. Thanks for all your prayers and support. Marilyn in Alberta, Canada |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
update on grandson | Marigold | Quilting | 10 | July 4th 08 04:41 AM |
OT - I have a new grandson | TerriLee in WA \(state\) | Quilting | 9 | June 24th 07 04:59 AM |
Grandson # 2 is finally here...& My health update | Royce | Quilting | 5 | January 9th 05 07:29 PM |
First Grandson on the way! | aeromom | Needlework | 4 | February 17th 04 02:57 PM |