First, Mayo has been postponed until October 7th due to Becky still having trouble with nausea and vomiting and remaining admitted in the local hospital.
Next, she had a liver biopsy today. The last CT showed some “spots” on the liver and the GI doctor wanted to check the status of what was going on. This may end up being … nothing? Remember that she is to healthy for a liver transplant right now. hmmmm???. None the less, her liver showed something and they are checking it out. The local GI specialist who we really like said that if nothing else it will be more data for Mayo to look at when we get there. We should know more later regarding the results of this test.
We are pleased that even though we have had this additional time in the hospital after a brief visit home that Becky is feeling better and the pain has subsided substantially. She is off of the PCA pump (the machine that gives pain med when a button is pushed by the patient) and receiving IV pain med instead. If you are wondering this is a step up. She would be on oral pain med if she was able to keep it down, but she hasn’t been able to yet, so we wait for a little longer.
On Saturday when I was working I heard my name called to come to the desk and I saw Steve with Becky next to him. She walked around in the hospital and laughed and said that her Dad was treating her to a sucker in the gift shop. You can only imagine how happy I was to see her up and walking around. If I knew that all it took was a sucker I would have offered that a long time ago.
Hopefully, Lord willing, we will get her home this week. Becky has been looking at websites to see material and design her next baby quilt that she is looking forward to sending to Uganda; she can’t wait to get started.
Thank you for all of your prayers. We feel them all with the peace that each one of us have during this time. The Lord is faithful.
Beth
Next, she had a liver biopsy today. The last CT showed some “spots” on the liver and the GI doctor wanted to check the status of what was going on. This may end up being … nothing? Remember that she is to healthy for a liver transplant right now. hmmmm???. None the less, her liver showed something and they are checking it out. The local GI specialist who we really like said that if nothing else it will be more data for Mayo to look at when we get there. We should know more later regarding the results of this test.
We are pleased that even though we have had this additional time in the hospital after a brief visit home that Becky is feeling better and the pain has subsided substantially. She is off of the PCA pump (the machine that gives pain med when a button is pushed by the patient) and receiving IV pain med instead. If you are wondering this is a step up. She would be on oral pain med if she was able to keep it down, but she hasn’t been able to yet, so we wait for a little longer.
On Saturday when I was working I heard my name called to come to the desk and I saw Steve with Becky next to him. She walked around in the hospital and laughed and said that her Dad was treating her to a sucker in the gift shop. You can only imagine how happy I was to see her up and walking around. If I knew that all it took was a sucker I would have offered that a long time ago.
Hopefully, Lord willing, we will get her home this week. Becky has been looking at websites to see material and design her next baby quilt that she is looking forward to sending to Uganda; she can’t wait to get started.
Thank you for all of your prayers. We feel them all with the peace that each one of us have during this time. The Lord is faithful.
Beth
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