Saturday, April 19, 2008

SATURDAY

REMINDER OF EMAIL ADDRESS: jameyandmolly@gmail.com REMINDER OF HISTORY OF MOLLY'S JOURNEY: www.mfrenchtrek.blogspot.com We finally said goodbye once and for all to the dialysis unit. Molly had to make one last trip to the dialysis unit to have the catheter they used for access to do dialysis treatments removed. with it gone, we are officially done with dialysis. Other great news is that she does not need finger sticks anymore to check her sugar levels will not need blood drawn as frequently, probably only every few days. This is all indication that her body is very close to functioning normally again. They still have to do all the vital sign checks every 6-8 hours. when they stop in to do that I turn on the monitor, place the pulseox on her finger, hand them the BP cuff and hit the button to pump up and take the BP. The fact that I am able to do this in truly the indication that Molly is OK. the nurses only do it now because they have to prove with documentation they are still taking care of Molly. In addition, she is only on 3-5 medications now and this includes her vitamins and supplements. She does not even take any pain meds during the dressing changes. Yesterday she spent an hour with PT, and an hour with OT. Then her and I sat outside for about an hour. She is able to transfer herself from wheelchair to bed and vice versa completely on her own and getting stronger all over and more use of her hands. Her wounds continue to heal and the grafts look great! We were informed last night that she will move to rehab for sure on Monday and then the real hard work will begin. We are both looking forward to that. We have lots of friends and family stopping by this weekend, so will be a good weekend but busy. She is looking forward to seeing everyone. SPECIFIC THINGS TO PRAY FOR:
  • HANDS & FINGERS!!! Once she gets more use of her hands and fingers she will not be as bored and will feel more normal again as she will be able to provide a lot of her own care, hold a book and turn pages so she can read, write, use the computer, etc.
  • HEALING OF WOUNDS!!! Her wounds look great, but still have a long way to go, once healed she will be able to do a lot more without concern of injuring them, etc
  • SPIRITS!!! Hers and mine. Some of the reality of everything is becoming more and more evident as we begin thinking about getting home and all the normal things we take for granted that will be impacted.

God and all of your continued prayers and positive thoughts have gotten us this far and we have no doubt they will get us all the way home and beyond. THANK YOU!

God Bless you all,

Love,

Jamey and Molly

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Molly,

It was soooooooo awesome to get to talk to you today. You sound great and I am sure you look great. I love you so much and look forward to the day when we can just sit and talk and grow even stronger in our friendship. Just like God says I will never live you or forsake you. I will be right here.
Jamey thanks so much for the great surprise..
Love you both,
Michelle

Anonymous said...

WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE A SUPER FANTASTIC, INCREDIBLE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!