Finally home

We finally escaped the hospital at 3:30 PM. They did another test today. The internist wanted to check the condition of the veins that had ruptured. She said it is still blocked and the veins involved are ruined. She said he was not getting blood flow to that side of the brain.

In yesterday’s test they watched Don’s brain for over an hour to see if there was any seizure occurrence. There was none. But she is sure that Don had a seizure when he bit his tongue. But since they watched for over an hour and there was no repeat occurrences, that was a good sign.

The current choice was whether to add seizure medication to his current regimen. She said if seizure medication is started, he would have to take it for the rest of his life. Don made the choice not to start the seizure medication and wait to see if a seizure would return.

One medication change that was made is that Don will no longer take Coumadin.

Don seems really tired to me since the seizure and perhaps a little step backward was taken. But we are still praying that God would touch his brain and restore it to full health. We have seen miracles that God has sent our way through this time of illness. I still firmly believe that Don’s brain functions could be returned to their healthy state if God would send his healing touch. That is something we are praying for. Barbara

Staying in the hospital tonight

Don was able to eat today, but they still wanted to do some test to check on the possibility of a seizure. He will hopefully be released tomorrow.
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PLEASE PRAY FOR DON

Yesterday Donnie slept exceedingly long. At 1PM I looked in one him and he was resting comfortably, so I thought perhaps he did not sleep well last night and I let him sleep on. Then I realized it was 3PM and I still had not heard him get up so I went upstairs to wake him.

He looked to be resting comfortably but I woke him anyway. When he woke, he indicated that something was wrong with his mouth and when I looked into it, the bottom side of his tongue was purple. I got him some water but he could hardly take a sip so I knew something was wrong. So I talked to a nurse……bottom line is that they recommended I take him to the emergency room.

I checked him into the ER at 4:35PM. We had to wait over 2 hours before he saw a doctor. They had enough doctor’s but they did not have any empty beds in the ER. We had great doctors and nurses check him out and bottom line is that he had bitten his tongue so hard in his sleep that his tongue was swollen and filling up with blood. So here we have a new problem. They did a CAT scan to be sure he was not experiencing another stroke. But because he could not swallow and therefore could not take his medication, they decided to keep him overnight. It took til 11:30 before they had an open bed. He is in East One…Room 1405 Bed 1.

Today they are going to do an EEG ERG or QRS TUV or something. (Weak attempt at humor.)If he did not have a seizure and he can swallow this morning, they will send him home today. If he can’t swallow, he will have to stay because he needs his medication. Barbara