Mighty People of Faith & Prayer - You Rock!

My precious prayer warriors:

I know many of you were doing serious battle for us today, because everything went so much better than I imagined or hoped. Thank you from the top, middle, and bottom of my heart!  :-)

We ate rather late last night (7:15p) and Mike stayed up until about 9pm.  He got up by himself this morning at 8:20a. I never mentioned food and neither did he. Got him showered, shaved, dressed, had our time with the Lord, took out the trash and recycle and by that time it was time to go. Praise God! It went so smoothly.  He was very calm at the hospital and could even answer most of the questions asked by the patient registration rep. In the Pre-op room, he mostly rested on the bed. I read out loud some excerpts from devotionals that my Mom had sent, while various medical staff came and went. They had a hard time getting the IV line into his arm.  One nurse tried & stuck him in both the right and the left and then went to get another nurse who put it in his left hand.  Dr. Schwarz was running late so we sat there for about an hour. By this time, his morning medication was beginning to wear off and before I could stop him, he pulled his IV out, so yet another nurse came and put it in his right hand. Then they wrapped it with yellow bumble bee tape to keep him from grabbing it.  Dr. Schwarz came as the nurse was putting this in and within 15 minutes he was taken to the OR.  It was 1:50p - just an hour after it was scheduled. The Dr. thought it would take about 1 hour and he thought it was best for Mike to come home today, unless something went awry or he found it was worse than he expected.

I went to the cafeteria. They have made some improvements there since August and had a cold vegetarian plate today that looked interesting.  I decided to try that and really enjoyed it.  Had couscous with onions, cucumbers, avocado, onion & herbs, black-eyed peas with other vegies, cold potato wedges with a creamy sauce, apple salad with nuts and cranberries and a really good bread with honey and sunflower seeds.  Was good to have something different.  Back upstairs, I sat and read until the Dr. came out about 3:45 with all good news.

The pocket had filled in more than the last time he had seen Mike, so he was able to cut away the really bad flesh that had become stagnant and pull the tissue and muscles together and stitch up the wound!!! WOO HOO!!!  No drain, no wound vac, no packing!  Just a bandage to leave on for 2 or 3 days and stitches that should come out in 3 weeks.  We are to follow up with Wound Care at WakeMed at that time.  This is so much better than what I imagined and more closure than I had hoped for. Thank you God and Dr. Schwarz!  I feel such relief to have this behind us, was shouting praises to God on the way home, and pray that it will now heal completely and have no more issues.

Mike was a little bit woozy when we walked from the car to the apartment. I fixed him some soup and crackers and now he is lying on his side in bed.  One of the discharge instructions is not to sit for 6 weeks.  Yeah, right.  Good thing Mike likes to walk and all, but he has been sitting more with this new medication. Guess it just means not to sit for long periods of time or all day or make a trip to Ohio, etc.!   Well, he's up, pacing, and repeating "watch TV" so better find something for him to watch.  The air mattress is beeping "low Pressure" and won't stop too so I've put in a call for service. Am glad I can turn it off.

I am so thankful for God's love and your love for us.  Happy Valentine's Day!