Hopefully turning corner

Here we still are.

I think it's crazy that they tell you 4-7 days in the hospital. 7-10 is way more realistic. And there is no way someone could go home from this after just 4 days!

David looks great! His color is good and he is stronger everyday. He is on no pain meds. He still has the magic button, but he doesn't use it.

All the surgery stuff seems to have worn off and without the pain meds, he's back to normal and not just staring into space with a goofy look on his face. No that is not just how he looks!

For some reason, his insides have just been slower than normal to get moving. Evidently they did not take kindly to being manipulated.

They finally seem to be waking up. He has been feeling nauseous and then will finally throw up and feel better. What do you throw up when you don't eat anything? Well let me tell you it is not pretty and I will never be able to own or use one of those green machines after what I saw! Ick!

Today he made progress and it went down and out instead of up! 3 times so far! Yeah. I could post a picture. But no. 

So the doctor says if he doesn't throw up tonight he can eat tomorrow. And today he is hungry. He hasn't been, so I think that's a good sign too!

Please pray for one direction (down) only tonight!

Also his only lonely kidney is not happy either.

So they did an ultrasound.  It looks fine. They clamp it off during surgery and it didn't want to wake up and fly solo. But it seems to be facing the reality that its twin is gone.  Thanks for praying for that earlier today! Keep praying for it to get to work!

So hopefully and prayerfully we have turned a corner here.

Three other things, kind of all connected. 

Today I had a little hissy fit with God. So after that I open my facebook page and this is the first thing I see:

Thanks, God. Okay.

Also we have some wonderful nurses. But we have one that I absolutely LOVE! She just gets us. She has just a little extra bit of compassion. So she sees our disappointment this morning and so sweetly encourages me in the hallway. And then comes in the room while I'm out on an errand and tells David she prays specifically for all her patients.  And that he is going to be fine and he is so fortunate to be here and so many have so much worse. And God has this. Her name is Sarah. Please include her in your prayers! 

And finally, while she is in talking with David, I'm walking from the parking garage back to the room. This is not a short walk. It involves several floors and hallways.  To get to the 'hospital' part of this hospital you have to go through the whole complex. Like all the different waiting areas for all the different cancer specialties   This weekend most of these areas were empty because those offices were closed. But today they were all opened again.  I know I've mentioned how many people are here. We are not the only ones here. Some are really sad and really sick. We are going to be ok. Not totally ok. But better ok.  Perspective.

And bonus! David got to shower tonight!  He thought it was great!

Also, thank you Diamond Line for the beautiful flowers. Everyone comments on how pretty they are and how good they smell!

Thank you for praying!