I'm Going Home

Mom is going to be discharged home to Rehab tomorrow morning.

Sarah flew to Albuquerque today and is going to ride home with Mom and Dad.

Mom is having a good day but the muscle spasms in her back have begun! Please pray for these to ease up.

I was saying yesterday that the doctor didn't think Mom had to go to rehab because she has been doing so well. Mom is still going to go to rehab because she still is having a little difficulty with balance and her feet placing right. Please pray for a great result from rehab and Moms pain control and patience with rehab.

Uncle Dauber is having a better day but is still intubated and getting frustrated. Please pray for continued healing and comfort for my aunt and cousins!

Love,
Rebekah

Great News from Mom

Mom and Dad called me earlier while I was work and were saying that Mom is walking so well right now and she even went up and down some stairs!  That is just so amazing from just 1 week ago when I left Albuquerque.  Mom even woke up and wanted to put on makeup and do her hair and Dr. Patterson came in and told her she didn't "HAVE" to go to rehab he just wants her to walk, but Mom is going to do 1 to 2 weeks of rehab to get in a habit and get stronger.  All of this is great news!

Update on my Uncle Dauber from my cousin Lane and Paige's facebook pages:

Night and morning was not fun. Dad has been on breathing machine, dialysis and they kept him heavily sedated. He had a heart attack yesterday. Probably had minor one earlier this morning and they gave him 3 nitro pills and morphine. Then they took him to the heart center for angiogram.

Doctor just came out. Dads main artery (the widow maker) was 99% blocked.

Doctor put in two stents and said damage to heart was minimal from heart attack. Said Dad's heart was very strong. Doctor said this will address the chest pain.

Now to address all of the other issues - we will see what happens. He will be in critical care heart ICU for two or three days.

Will let you know what else happens here. Every hour is something new - good and bad.

 

Please continue to pray for my mother's recovery and for my uncle to recover in all aspects from the assult on his body!

 

Love,

Rebekah 

Tuesday Update

Hello Everyone!

I spoke with Mom a few times today and she is having a pretty good day today.  She walked 150ft and was able to get her catheter out this morning and did not have any problems after getting that removed!

Dr. Patterson and Dr. Antony (the surgeons) came in this afternoon and sat down and talked to Mom and Dad for a little bit.  Dr. Patterson (spinal specialist) kept saying to Mom how impressed he was with how she was doing.  They both told Mom that she will most likely discharge to Lubbock to her rehab facility there on Friday!  WOW, what 2 weeks has brought!

Mom does not want me to focus on her tonight on here with the blog.  She wants everyone to start praying fervently for Perry (Dauber) Andrews, my uncle, her brother-in-law.  He has been extremly ill for the past 3 to 4 months with no defined diagnosis.  Now, he is on a ventilator in the ICU at Covenant Hospital.  The doctor told my aunt (Treva) to have her children come back because he is not sure of the outcome.  Uncle Dauber has been having severe pain and nausea for a long time now and they took his gallbladder out about 4 weeks ago.  Thought that was the problem and now he has a very severe virus (unsure of the name) that has caused ulcers in the esophagus causing bleeding and severe pain.  He is now dealing with kidney failure and has been dialyzed for 4 days.  Everyone is very concerned and worried at this time. 

Please pray for continued healing for Mom and for God's great interventions on my uncle!

Love,
Rebekah

Manic Monday

I have spoke to Mom a couple of times today and she having a little bit of a rough day.  She says her bed is uncomfortable, it's an air bed.  She also is having more pain now!

The pain is mid back and her neck.  Her body is not used to being so straight so now her muscles are trying to pull against the hardware and causing pain for her right now.

She did walk today but she said, not as far because she is hurting more.  That is okay, because it is expected for sure!

She did get some more tubes and lines off today which makes her happy too!

She said last night she is very ready to see her babies (Jansen, Walker and Kayl)! 

Sorry this is short but trying to catch 2 munchkins and work too.

Thank you all again for your continued support and prayers!

Love,
Rebekah

Sunday Funday

Actually it wasn't a "fun" day, just coming up with a good title!

I talked to Mom twice today and she was very clear both times. She was telling me if things that she thought happened while she was in ICU and sedated. Funny stories! She'll have to tell you all sometime.

She walked around the 3rd floor today and did really well according to what PT told Dad. She says it's hard to walk with "all these cords still attached to her. "

She did get her central line (IV in her neck) taken out this evening and the "Rapid Response Team" was able to get an IV in her arm with just one poke. She was glad about that.

Mom and Dad are both talking about how soon she may get ti come back to Lubbock because she is ready to start rehab!! Dr. Patterson & Dr. Antony do not want to rush it but have stated how impressed they are with her quick progress!

Dr. Antony wasn't sure how to take Mom's humor for a while but has warmed up more. So when they were talking for an hour and a half yesterday she asked him if he earned his money on her with it taking so long and his reply was, "not sure, but I did earn alot of sleep!". I thought that was cute.

Mom is now able to read her posts and facebook and emails.

Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers. Keep em coming!!

Love,
Rebekah

Up and about

Mom walked to her door and back to the chair in her room today!!! Great start for PT.

Daniel (my brother) sat up in her room with her this afternoon while Dad took a nap (Mom didnt sleep until about 3am). Michelle did laundry for Dad too!

Mom is getting much clearer in her speech. Daniel said he could understand about 30% of what Mom said this morning and by this afternoon he could understand 80%. I talked to her on the phone this evening an she was clear but sleepy because she had gotten her pain medicine shortly before I talked to her.

Mom did tell me that Dr. Antony came in and talked to her for a long time. All is going a planned!

This is her walking for the first time after surgery!

Saturday Morning

Spoke with Mom and Dad a few minutes ago.  Mom has her days and nights mixed up still but the nurses on the floor had her awake and they were "cleaning" her up to start Physical Therapy this morning! 

She says, "I must have been really confused for the past few days!"  I explained to her that she was confused but it was because of the medicine and being in the ICU for 5 days.

Please pray as physical therapy starts for her not to get frustrated to easily.

Daniel and Michelle made it in safely last night to see Mom and help Dad. 

Jessica, Mike and Ty Prude all were up there last night visiting Mom and Dad but Mom was pretty groggy the whole time. 

Thank you all for your comments and prayers.  Mom has not been awake enough to read her comments or emails or facebook comments, but we have been telling her what people of said.  As soon as she is able to wake up more then she will for sure want to read all this.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!  Will update again either later this evening or tomorrow morning.

Love,
Rebekah