We had a pretty good day yesterday but it was busy! We ended up with lots of visitors we weren't expecting but were blessed by. In the morning we actually had to cancel a few visitors because we didn't think David would be feeling up to it and they were driving pretty far. But around noon he took a turn for the better and started feeling better.
Dear friends of ours pulled off the best thing about yesterday. Backstory: before we really knew how long David would be in the hospital he was telling people at church that he would be there on Sunday as long as he was out of the hospital. Well I had my high doubts that he should go to church even if he was out of the hospital. So good friends of ours worked it out by using the app Periscope to stream the service live for us. So essentially David WAS at church yesterday just not in the physical sense. It was such a huge blessing. The whole service was about God's amazing Grace and we have seen nothing but that this week. We love our church family and it was great to worship with them!
So as I said we ended up with a lot of visitors yesterday, as one left it seemed like another one came. In between visitors we had some training for once we go home with our nurse. We already knew a lot of the stuff but some things were a good reminder or totally new.
Highlights:
*David is only allowed to drink bottled water or filtered water the rest of his life.
*If he gardens or does yard work he has to wear gloves and a mask (too many bugs and fungus)
*He will have blood draws twice a week for 3 months, once a week for 3 more months, then every other week for 3 more months, then once a month for a few years. This is just to make sure his medication is right and kidney is still functioning.
*He should be able to drive in 2 weeks!!!
*He should not be around house plants or live flowers (again due to fungus)
We go news in the morning yesterday that David's creatinine is down to 2! He is producing lots of urine still. They did have to cut back on his fluids and no food because of some gas stomach pains he was having but he did get to drink a little last night. Once he is able to drink more I am sure his kidney will be happy!
He did decide to name his kidney. Since it came from Georgia he named it Peaches and Cream, Peaches for short!
Karen is doing well, she got to spend time with her boys yesterday and they wore her out! She told me they were there for 4 hours and she slept for 3 after they left!
So where do we go from here? David is having a small surgery this morning (as I type this) to get his dialysis catheter removed. It should just take about an half hour once he is in the O.R. He will be put under general anesthesia but it shouldn't be a big deal. After he is back to his room we will probably have to meet with more people, social work, nurses, etc. to make sure we are prepared to go home and hopefully by this evening we will be home!
Once we are home we aren't really going home. We will be heading to David's mom's house. She doesn't have any steps and there will be someone home with David 24 hours a day between everyones schedule. We will be there a few weeks probably. We are open to visitors there or if you want to wait til we are home that is fine too. Just contact me (text or Facebook) and we can set up a time.
It looks like (as long as we get out of the hospital today) that I plan to go back to work on Monday, August.31st. This obviously could change but that is what I am shooting for! I need to get back as soon as possible because I will have to take off when David has dr's appointments.
I am sure I am leaving lot's of important information to share out but to be honest I am exhausted. We barely slept last night and were up super early this morning preparing for surgery. We were told it would be at 7:30am, but the tracking board is showing 9:20am (and the time keeps getting pushed back). Not sure what is going on but one lady at the desk has been really helpful and one has been EXTREMELY rude. They came and got him at 6:30 this morning so I can't imagine his surgery is really at 9:20am.
Oh well.....updates soon!
love,
alice
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