Thursday Night

LOOOOOONG DAY, today. Molly was supposed to go to the tubroom around noon today, and did not end up going until around 3:30pm. This is hard on her as it is painful and not something to look forward to, so being told over and over that it will be in an hour, and then being 3 1/2 hours is tough. Then is took 3 hours for the tubbing as they have to monitor her sedation and pain level during and if they need to give her more medication then they have to stop and wait for it to kick in. Anyway, results of the tubbing are same as before with no changes. They did notice her tummy is a little distended and want to have an Xray taken just to rule out any blockages, etc. She is also going to get a CT scan of her head, throat and upper chest to make sure that there is nothing going on to be causing her not to be able to talk yet. they do not expect to find anything with either scan, but just ruling things out at this point. Better saffe than sorry. These will be happening some time tonight, so she will probably have another night of very little sleep. I have always heard that you can't sleep in a hospital, i am seeing first hand and Molly is experiencing first hand how true that actually is. She is scheduled for more debreedment surgery in the morning (Friday) first thing to give the surgeons, doctors and others another chance to see how her legs are looking and what the next step is going to be. Along these lines the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation team stopped by yesterday and looked at her legs and asked her a lot of questions. They discussed with her the possibility of amputation and gave us some booklets to look at. Her and I had a long discussion about that afterwards and if it does come to that, I believe we are ready for the challenge. She told me she was just happy to be alive, and that if she has to wear prosthetics, then so be it. She did tell me she was a little scared, but was ok with the possibility. In fact she was more worried about me than herself. Anyway, I share that with you all so you know that her spirits are good and so are mine. Even in her condition, can't hardly talk, in pain, sleepy and confused at times, she still makes me feel ok with her strength. Lastly, on the lighter side, she does get a little confused especailly when they give her the pain meds, but she is learning how she feels and can kinda tell when she says something not accurate, because she will look at me and say "thats not right is it?" and I'll tell her "no" and she will just smile and say, "ok, I won't tell you the rest then." Her sense of humor is back too, along with her spirits. Keep praying as we can ad Newfoundland and Iraq to those prayer abroad and Viginia her in the states. SPECIFIC PRAYER NEEDS

• Legs, feet and toes, and left hand and thumb & index finger
• Right hand as it is still a little swollen and difficult for her to use it
• Eyes, she is still blurry in both of them
• Tummy & Throat, that they do not find anything in the x-rays and scans
• Voice - to be strong (but not to strong :) )
• Lungs, liver and kidneys to keep coming back strong and healthy
• Heart - no overly concerned but they did notice a small "blip" in her last EKG and has asked cardiology to take a look just to be safe and not miss something.
• Spirits - we are now going on three weeks since she first went to the Convenient Care, and has basically been inside, in bed for those 3 weeks, it will start to wear on her, so prayer for her mind and spirit will be important.

God Bless you all and thanks so much for the prayers, cards, thoughts, emails, comments, phone calls, gift & gas cards, cash, etc, etc, etc. You are all very special and in our thoughts and prayers everyday. This journey would be unbearable without each and every one of you sharing the load with us and lifting Molly's health to God the Great Physician!