Lydia has been doing really good. The biggest problem that she has had is that she throws up really fast if something goes down her throat. We have to give her a medicine that is swabbed inside her mouth for thrush. That gages her every time. I asked the nurse if we can find out about another medicine that can be put in her tube for thrush instead of in her mouth. We will see what they can do.
Her wound split a little bit. It looks pretty ugly. The doctor said that this is the least of our concerns with how many other bad things she has gone through. I asked him if her scar will be worse now. He said yes but that he would fix this later in a year or two when he fixes the stomach hernia. Since he could only close the muscles up 90%, that 10% opening could cause the stomach to hernia out right where the wound has split. She will just need a minor surgery to fix it, and he would close up this skin better to get a better looking scar.
My mom came down today to switch me at the hospital. It was nice because I was able to go home and go to church with the family, and have a nice day with the family. I thank her for doing this especially since it is Mother's Day and I am the one that should be doing something for her.
A therapy dog came around today to see Lydia. It was a huge black dog with curly hair. Lydia wasn't sure what to think of it because it most likely looked like a bear to her. She was happy and trying to look at it as the dog was leaving the room.
If there are no fevers she could be out of there early this week. We can't wait. She is at the amount of food that they want to put in her daily while she is home. She doesn't have anything hooked up to her PIC line. She will keep the PIC line for blood draws at home. All of her cultures have been negative. She takes all of her medicines through the feeding tube instead of IV. She is set. We will just have to teach her at home how to eat and wait for her throat to close off correctly while eating and drinking.
Janene is doing good. She is a real trooper and a wonderful wife. I never will be able to tell her how special she is to me. She still has pain but it is minor. She described to me that there is always a constant small pain and that it hurts when the wound is touched, or she moves funny, etc.
I am trying not to get my hopes up so that means she will really come home soon. If I get my hopes up Murphy's Law will come around and she will have to stay another week. Thanks for all of your prayers for Lydia, Janene, and our family.
That sounds like the same big black bear of a dog that came to visit Mattea when she was in the hospital a year ago. Loveable,huge, and slobbery.
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