Ahhhh....Sunday! A day to relax, catnap while watching football...makes life seem somewhat normal! After a busy couple of days, Ron is especially glad to have a slow one.
Dr. Shires was in around lunchtime and said he's please with how everything looks. Ron's white blood cell count has gone down from 32,000 yesterday to 20,000 today. He's had no fever the entire time here and his hemoglobin is holding steady at 8.4. They were having to monitor his blood sugar every hour; it dropped to 44 this morning so they had to give him glucose and are now able to monitor every 2 hours. On the whole he's been feeling pretty good. Dr. Shires is pleased enough to try to begin feeding him through the new tube they placed way down in his lower intestine, they started that tonight.
Next step is to get the NG tube out. They will do another Interventional Radiology procedure to place a tube exterior from skin into stomach, to drain gastric fluids from stomach...prolonged NG tubes can cause problems with sinus cavity, ears, and can be a source of infection and his has been in almost 2 months now.
Mom and Dad Nordell were able to come up today; it's been about 10 days since they've been able to see Ron so they were very happy to be here. It's been very difficult on them since they've been so used to his being at their house multiple times a week. Mom said "I always think of you on rubbish day!" Oh so nice to be loved and missed! haha!!
Ryan is getting all loose ends tied up in Florida..bittersweet time for him....anxious to get it behind him and back here to family but also will miss being in Florida and working with Beachside.
It's been wonderful to have a room here for me; I got a great night's sleep and actually took a nap in the room this afternoon while Aaron and Ron watched football. And it's especially nice to have a place to spread out all my stuff! While Ron is down having procedures done, I'll have a place to go and work where it's quiet! Fortunately, I'm flexible enough to be able to work wherever, but it's much more relaxing when it's quiet!
Nothing else to report. Hope you had an enjoyable, relaxing weekend!
Love,
Christie, Ryan, Aaron & Kristin
"Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you, he will not permit the godly to slip and fall." Psalm 55:22
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