Rollercoaster

We are one week in to our MDA stay. Today I thought about all the people having surgery today and what a hard week they have ahead of them. Prayers for them. I saw many being wheeled into their rooms post op. Blessings. It's zero fun.

David had a great day yesterday, he had been nausea free for 24 hours and able to keep down clear liquids.

My sweet sister came and stayed with me and visited with David. She has such a good sense of humor and we laughed a lot! With her help we commandeered a wheelchair and took David on a couple of outings. We hung out in the cafe and had a bite to eat. Lots of peeps to watch in there. Then we went outside. Shout out for fresh air! They have lots of park benches so we parked ourselves on a bench and took deep breaths and people watched. Then we took a trip to the observation deck-floor 24. This is 2, large, nicely furnished, inside rooms. You can see pretty much all of Houston. Very nice. We spotted the Astrodome among other things.

Shortly after our field trips, Dr. K made his rounds and upgraded David from a clear liquid diet to a full liquid diet. Woot woot! David ordered a milkshake. It must have been delicious. He couldn't help himself.

That is good news! We celebrated by visiting the observation deck after dark. Even prettier!

All is well.

This morning the Dr. says yea! your kidney numbers are looking better and you can have solid food!

I guess the excitement was just too much because, about an hour later, David lost his milkshake. :(

Demoted back to full liquid diet again.

Well, we took about an hour to get over our sadness. Then David got a shower, had some applesauce, and put on his big boy pants, and we headed out on another excursion. We spent about a hour in the sunshine. It was a beautiful afternoon.

Now. Don't misunderstand me, we are ready to go home. But I have to say that staying longer is only making him stronger. And he is going to be able to get around really well when we do get home. So that's a positive right there.

Tonight Dr. K says, eh, it's ok. Small setback. Have some eggs in the morning. It will be ok. Don't worry about it. So, eggs for breakfast!

After the Dr. visit tonight we went back to the observation deck. This time David walked the whole way! See how pretty:

The Dr. had more good news. The pathology report came back. Everything they removed or repaired showed clear margins! Also it is Clear Cell. So that enables David to participate in the study!

Praises! 

Here is my new prayer requests list:

1. Lonely kidney keep improving back to normal levels.

2. Solid food successful.

3. Removal of wound drain before we go home.

4. Home soon! Specifically before the weekend. Please oh please, make David ready so we can go with no complications! 

5. VACCINE GROUP!

6. Forgiveness that I am a whiney brat.

7. Also. There is a chance that removal of the tumor could cause the lung nodules to shrink or even disappear. Not to spread would be good. Shrink would be great! Disappear would be fantastic!

Thank you for your prayers!