Dan is up and walking again, ever further! Plans to walk during half time too. (NFL Playoffs on today) The fever is down and the pain is still present, but he definitely looks better today. Every day, a bit better. Thanks for praying- keep up the good work! Here is Ashley's blog this morning:
sunday, january 10, 2010
New Address
For some reason I didn't want to say for sure that Dan was being transferred until he really moved (I'm just a little stitious). Today, I can officially say, Dan is out of ICU! He is now in the transplant/surgery unit in a semi-private room with a very talkative neighbor. He and Dan talk over the curtain pretty often. They both had fevers last night, so they decided to turn down the thermostat...I froze but they were happy!
I was able to stay the night last night and will continue to do so as long as I get the "right" nurses. Apparently there is a charge nurse who might kick me out, but we'll see what happens. Perhaps, I can be persuasive. I had to be creative to make my "bed" out of two chairs, a pillow and some sheets. Yet, it felt nice to be able to help Dan at night time.
More excitingly, Dan went on his first walk last night. He did phenomenally! He said it hurt, but felt great to get up and moving. He went twice as far as most patients do on their first trek and impressed the nurses. His abdominal muscles have been spasming on and off due to trauma and lack of use, so he wants to walk as much as possible today.
Dan had a fever all day yesterday and it spiked last night up to 104. Around 2am, his fever broke! He's still a little warm, but walking around definitely helped. His pain is more under control, but the PCA had to be increased again. We'll ask the rounding team about getting an extra pain med ordered just in case.
Plan for the day: walk around a lot, clean up, and maybe find a sleeper chair for me.
Prayer Requests:
* Pain management
* No complications or infection
* Rest for Dan and myself
* Good reports from the doctor
* Continued improvement
Rom 5:1 -5
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
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