Okay everyone!
It's hard to relay all the complexities of Dad's situation. Bear with me here. The procedure to put the drain in the kidney was successful. This does not mean he's out of the woods.
In fact, he had a bad episode immediately following the procedure during which he was in so much pain he looked like he was in agony for about 15 or 20 minutes. He is so weak and was trying so hard to breath. His vitals started looking alarming and they had to give him morphin for the pain. This is where the fine art of medicine is delicate. They had wanted to wean him from the ventilator today around 4 or 5 pm. But they can't do that because his pain was so concerning they gave him morphin (my spelling is probably way off here). The morphin slows one's breathing on one hand (not good for his lungs which should be off the machine as soon as possible) but relieves him from the immense pain and allows him to sleep on the other hand.
So now it's a "wait and see" game over the next couple of days. We hope and pray that his body will efficiently get rid of these infections with the aid of the antibiotics and kidney drain. His heart and lungs need to survive all of this stress. On the positive side, his vital signs have all remained stable.
The blood tests they do over the next couple of days will obviously indicate where things are going.
This is the best I can do at this moment in trying to sum up the past few hours.
Mom is doing okay. We were happy right after the procedure to hear that it went okay but the pain we saw him in was rather sobering.
Mom is so strong and has taken such tremendous care of Dad. I know she'll continue to do so after all of this.
So let's continue storming heaven for total healing!
And we know this suffering is never wasted. It's always for something good and greater than we can see or comprehend. Dad is certainly a treasure with all of this he's going through. And it's our honor to go through it with him whether it be in person or not.
Thanks so much for all the prayers.
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Thanks for the update, Carolyn. I know, (because of all of the back and forth phone calls), that the whole extended family was very much in union with all of you at Fred's side this entire day - by our prayers, love and concern.
We love you all very much and we truly appreciate hearing as many details as you are able to give.
Love,
Teresa, Scott and kids
Cal - We're all praying for you. Let me know if I can do anything besides that. Hello to Luis and the kids! Love, Rebekah
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