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Loosing half of my life here soon

I have been holding off on posting on this thread because I was hoping to find something to say that would be greater than an empty platitude. I, of course, should have known better since personal experience tells me that there is nothing that can be said to help you out good sir. I will therefore simply say that you and your wife will remain in my thoughts. I will be hoping for the best possible outcome for you both.

Here's hoping that you get to enjoy your remaining time together and may that time be longer than you think!

Regards,
Eric.
 
Thanks to all......... have been awake since 0200 this AM...... dunno why, but my sleep cycles are messed up...

the hospital room Mardonna is in faces out into a nice grassy court yard that was built for the patients to go to. There is a large bird feeder built to look like an old Log Cabin with plexiglass windows in the sides of it... those windows slope together at the bottom and allow bird seed to trickle down onto the platform at the bottom..... room for at least 10 birds at a time on that thing.

anyway, it has been empty, and since feeding birds is her Hot Topic at home, I decided that we are going to feed the birds at the hospital.... I filled that thing up, and there was an instant pandemonium of birds around it.... enough to easily be over a 100 within a space of 20 feet square.... all of which she can see when sitting up in her bed.....

just that little touch made an improvement in her status..... that along with our daughter taking up hair curlers and a mirror... funny little things like that made a lot of difference in her mood yesterday...

this little 'blog' as it were, is just an outlet for me to get things off my chest.... where this trail is going is only known by the Lord up above us all, regardless of your term for the Supreme being.... most of us, somewhere in our hearts, have that something that we fall back on, even if we have not been "to church" in years..... which is the case for me, after I got to the point of having to earn a living, it seemed that there "wasn't time" for such things.... and I fell out of the habit.... but, I still have my little "pew" to sit on, it is where I am, and it is there when I need it.
 
there is still life to live. be sure not to focus on death any more than you need to. there is always time for more good memories to be made.

many hearts aching for your family, including mine. if there is anything we can do just give the word.
 
an upbeat day.

the temporary dialysis has been halted for the time being... last session was Monday.

Here we are on a Friday and her kidneys are recovered enough to not need dialysis. If they continue to perform like that, she can avoid the dialysis for another year or so.... Type II diabetes is not curable, it just steadily gets worse.

but, it is a nicer day for her.... I need to go out and refill the bird feeder again.. give her some more cheer.

The Wound Care folks just finished up cleaning her foot ulcer... that ulcer getting infected was what put her in the hospital in the first place. the wound is looking clean and healing... slow, but surely...
Diabetics have a suppressed immune system.


IMO, all of the prayers around the world are responsible for this improvement.
Once that wound is healed and the doctors will allow her to put weight on it again, she can get into her own wheelchair and then home.

much better than the Hospice Centers that I have been interviewing previously to this.
 
AZgl1500 said:
an upbeat day.

the temporary dialysis has been halted for the time being... last session was Monday.

Here we are on a Friday and her kidneys are recovered enough to not need dialysis. If they continue to perform like that, she can avoid the dialysis for another year or so.... Type II diabetes is not curable, it just steadily gets worse.

but, it is a nicer day for her.... I need to go out and refill the bird feeder again.. give her some more cheer.

The Wound Care folks just finished up cleaning her foot ulcer... that ulcer getting infected was what put her in the hospital in the first place. the wound is looking clean and healing... slow, but surely...
Diabetics have a suppressed immune system.


IMO, all of the prayers around the world are responsible for this improvement.
Once that wound is healed and the doctors will allow her to put weight on it again, she can get into her own wheelchair and then home.

much better than the Hospice Centers that I have been interviewing previously to this.
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I'm glad you guys are getting some good news brother. You are in my thoughts daily.
 
Another Upbeat Day:

a staff doctor came in and said "thought you were having dialysis today?"

Mardonna said, no one has told me anything like that.....
Doc "well, looks like that is a good thing, I will go check your lab reports"

and I did not see him again, I left at 12:30 to go home for the day.... I am shortening up my hours there, and I still seem to soak up 2 or 3 hours in my recliner when I get home ??:confused:

Last dialysis was a week ago today.... so, 7 days post dialysis to me "is a good thing".
she is still loosing water weight, they still have her on Lasix, and the little drip catheter bag is being emptied every day....
 
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