Hospitaliation #10- Day 3

Brett is feeling a bit better today - the antibiotics have kicked in and he's starting to get bored of sitting in his hospital room. Because they ran a viral panel, he was put on contact and droplet precautions, which means everyone has to put on a gown, mask and gloves when they come into his room until the viral panel comes back negative.

What I call "sick eyes"

Some heart-rate drama happened last night - but it seems to be more stable today. The doctors are trying to stay on top of that, but of course we hope that nothing comes of it. He had an EKG which was normal and all other vital signs seem to be normal.

His 20-24 tube feeds have now been reduced to a "trickle" so we can rest his gut for a bit. He's on IV nutrition right now (TPN for those who know about it), and his stay is "indefinite." The doctors really want to try to get to the bottom of this nutrition distress and figure it out before it becomes a nutrition disaster. We're all for that, of course, but it might mean a lengthier stay than our usual 5-10 days. But maybe not, we'll just have to take it one day at a time.

37th Birthday Fun

Me and Mark

Well, as Rob wrote last week, Friday was my 37th birthday. Pop and G.G. came up and took care of the twins while Rob, Mark and I went to the hockey game. We had 3rd row seats, and it was so fun to spend time with just those 2 guys. We love our 'Canes, and they played Pittsburgh, so we got to watch Sid Crosby play as well. I think there were just about as many Pittsburgh fans in attendance as there were Canes fans. We lost but we enjoyed it just the same!

A cool shot

Crosby vs. Staal faceoff - two of the best!

Hospitalization #10 -Day 1

So Brett was admitted to the hospital today. It was only a matter of time. He has enjoyed a 58 day period of "wellness" - i.e., being out of the hospital. This was the longest he had been out of the hospital his whole entire life! We were so glad, but now it's time for an IV antibiotic "clean out," and, unfortunately, some IV nutrition because he has lost so much weight recently. You might have seen on my Facebook that he had gained 450 grams, but all that was lost in the last few weeks. Also, his incision from the port-a-cath placement has been very slow to heal, which also suggests malnutrition - as most of his body's energy is being conserved for survival, not healing. I'll update every day while he's here.

We are reminded of Rob's mother Diane every day, but it's the special days that we miss her even more.  Today would've been her 61st birthday. In our opinion, an earthly life lost too early.

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We grieve that she is not physically present in our lives anymore, but rejoice that she is a believer and is at home with the Lord today!

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