droopy thursday

As you can read their hearts are as dreary as the rainy skies. LORD God please bring some encouragement to their hearts today.
Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the Lord!

thursday, january 21, 2010

Discouraged
Neither of us feel like blogging, so this will be short or not very exciting.

Dan is basically the same as yesterday. His wound looks about the same--not getting worse, but not clean enough for the wound-vac idea the docs had. It would speed healing, but his wound isn't ready yet.

His drains have shown no decrease whatsoever. Even without food for 3-4 days, his pancreatic leak persists. Dan would prefer to have a leak because of food. The TPN keeps him from being too hungry, but knowing his GI system can handle food makes it difficult to still be allowed to eat. As the leak persists, there is no reason for the docs to let him eat again.

His infection seems to be mostly gone. WBC count better (10.7) and no fevers.

McGreeky says he'll be here at least through the weekend. Personally, I've lost my confidence in his estimation skills (a couple hours=7 hours?), so I'm not getting too excited when Monday rolls around.

Basically, room 339 is getting restless, discouraged and sad. We aren't getting any reasons to believe we'll be living any where but here in the near future. I'm beginning to feel the pressure of school being a week away. I need to write essays, order books, pay rent, organize my schedule, etc. Biola is being very flexible with me, but I was hoping to be able to make it to the first day of school (February 1st). That is very unlikely.

Dan's day revolves around 4 dressing changes, antibiotics, getting cleaned up, walking around the unit and sleeping. For someone who doesn't feel that bad, days in the hospital go by slowly.

I apologize if this is not the tone everyone is used to from us. We're tired. We're hoping God will intervene, but having a hard time expecting Him to.

Prayer Requests:
* Continued healing of pancreas and wound
* Increased speed with which Dan's body heals
* Dry pancreatic drains
* Multiply the hours of sleep we are getting
* Some form of encouragement from the doctors
* Something good to happen--more than just a day of waiting
* Release from the hospital by next Monday (can't hurt to ask)
* Dan and I can make it home (La Mirada) in time for the first week of school
* Good spirits