Well, we made it through the weekend, at home and safe and sound. We had the little scare last night, but I guess we're probably both just a little sensitive after last week. The fevers are worrisome, but I guess expected with the amount of infection he had. I didn't realize it, but Ed will be on IV antibiotics at home 3 times a day for six weeks! Lisa came and took the necessary blood and urine samples this morning and we'll have results tomorrow from Dr. Mazur. If he needs to adjust or add an antibiotic, that's what we'll do. We had a quiet day - Ed's Mom came over this afternoon and visited. I cooked again today - corn & smoked sausage chowder and biscuits, Lou brought a coconut creame pie over and we had a nice family dinner - Ryan, Lou, Tyler and Ed and I. (Ed just watched, as his digestive tract is still not ready for food, as we found out last weekend.) He slept a lot today since we didn't sleep much last night - hopefully tonight we'll get some better rest.
Ed will get a CT scan either tomorrow or Tuesday and we're hoping for excellent news on the lymphoma front. With any luck, they may also be able to see what's going on with the telescoping of the small intestine and whether or not that's getting better. Sometimes they can't see it very well.
Thanks for the great framed photo, Tom & Debbie! It was a lovely wedding gift - a pic of us at the lake on one of our many fun times. And Ginny & Per - the CD books and puzzles for Ed will definately help pass the time while he's resting and recouperating - very thoughtful. I also got to see the fabulous book that Melia and Joann & Kevin put together from the motorcycle "love ride" for Ed a couple of weeks ago. It's a cool hard-bound book, filled with lots of photos of our riding friends, and we've really enjoyed looking at it. What a labor of love! Thank you from Ed's heart. We can't wait until we can join you all again at Deer Lodge on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. THAT will be something to celebrate!
I'm going to log off and hit the hay. We have one round of meds that needs to happen during the night around 3:30 AM, so we'll try and get a few hours of solid rest before then.
Talk to you tomorrow.
Glad to hear you had a good weekend, Ed! We spent the weekend at the lake and they are just now getting wireless service here - so I wanted to jump on and say we love you before heading home. Hope to see you this week brother, take care and get strong. Glad you liked the pic, Liz, I've had it in my collection for a while and the timing for digging it out couldn't be any better. Love you guys, Tom
ReplyDeleteSo glad you are home, you have the very best home care nurse in the area with Lisa Teevan, she is the "go to" nurse when a patient needs so much care, you are blessed to have her. Get strong Ed - this a tough hill you are both climbing, stay strong - Lyndsay & Peter @ 2016
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