Hurry Up and Wait!!!!

You know how we hear that saying..."no news is good news"???? Not!!!! The doctor that is taking care of Norms kidneys came in this morning to check on him. He gave us the wonderful news, that Norms creatinene (?) has gone back up a little. Since he has been in the hospital, his numbers have continued to go up and finally yesterday it went down a bit. This morning, they were back up. The doctors have been looking for a plateau and then a downward trend.....not happening. The kidney doctor doesn't seem particularly worried about it and still seems to think it will all come out alright. In light of that, I asked him " So, do you have any idea when we will be able to vacate the premises"? He said "No". Not the answer we were looking for. We were told that it would probably be the middle of the week. Guess what tomorrow is!!!!

So anyway, we have no idea when we will be going home. It makes me think Norm is a lot sicker, or was a lot sicker than we ever thought. This pneumonia, gall bladder surgery, etc. have really messed with everything!!! They are tweeking his heart meds, giving him respiratory treatments, antibiotics, insulin, and taking him off this and adding that, trying to get everything to work together.

He seems to feel good. After 12 days in the hospital, he is weak and tired, but the physical therapy people come twice a day and get him up walking. Yesterday, Christy brought the girls and we had a "picnic" up on the balcony area. He enjoyed being outside and being with someone other than medical people, but it tired him out. I see that he is a little stronger every day, but it is such a slow process. His color is good and he eats well, but not sleeping so well. But, that is not uncommon for him. Especially in the hospital.

I guess all in all, things are improving. Seems like it is at a snails pace, but things are improving. He is getting awful tired of being in there, but is working hard to realize that it is necessary to monitor everything to make sure it is safe to send him home. There are so many things that enter into this equation, and they all have to work together to give him the best quality of life possible for him.

Thank you for all of your prayers, phone calls and visits. I will do my best to keep all informed. Sorry there is nothing really new, but I guess in a way, that is good.

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will;

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill;

When the funds are low, and the debts are high

And you want to smile, but have to sigh;

When care is pressing you down a bit-

Rest if you must, but do not quit.

Success is failure turned inside out;

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;

And you can never tell how close you are

It may be near, when it seems so far;

So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit-

It's when things go wrong that you must not quit.