Mark is having a little bit of a rough morning. Matt ended up staying the night with him. He feels very dizzy and much weaker. His hemoglobin has been dropping and is down to 8.2 which is getting pretty low. They have not ordered blood yet, but we suspect they might today. The attending hasn't rounded yet. His electrolytes are still abnormal. They have continually been chasing those with IV fluids and had to hang more bags of magnesium and phosphorus in addition to his regular stuff today.
We got up to walk this morning and he made it only a short distance and began getting very nauseated and dry heaving, so we quickly turned around and made it to the room. The nurse repositioned the NG tube (the one down his nose to his stomach) and they immediately got out 600 cc of bile green stomach juices which made Mark's nausea much better. The NG had been out of position for a while apparently. He is now resting more comfortably, but as you can see today has been a little tougher than we had anticipated.
I did manage to give him a bath while he was in the chair and I washed his hair which made him feel better. If he feels better this afternoon, they may let us wheel him outside in a wheelchair for some fresh air.
I don't think that there is anything abnormal, but just usual stuff that can happen after surgery. We are still quite pleased with Mark's progress and feel he is doing well.
Mark is in room 402 at UPMC Shadyside Hospital and the address is 5230 Centre Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15232-1381 for those of you asking for the address. We are staying in the Family House and our address is 5245 Centre Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15232 and we are in room 404.
Keep praying for a speedy recovery for Mark. God bless!!!!
4 comments:
Mark and Family:
We continue to pray for and say thanks to God for all of your good news! Stay strong and take care; God is on your side!
You've been on our prayer list at our church for quite some time now and we have some real prayer warriors there and we are all praying for you.
In case you can't place who I am, I am Hanna's office administrator. We've only met once.
We love hearing how well you are doing and hope for much improvement every day. Sounds like you are in good hands there and have great doctors.
Again, stay strong and God Bless.
Linda Ashurst/COB/Auburn
Hi Mark,Ronda & Family,
We are so thrilled to hear how well things are going (sorry to hear about today's rough start)!!
We have you all in our thoughts and prayers daily and will continue to pray for a speedy recovery so that you can get home real soon. I haven't been fortunate enough to meet you all yet but from Mark's rock star performance these past few days, you are certainly building up quite the reputation so I will have to meet you all real soon. I look forward to hearing more good news from you so keep up the great progress. Know that you are always in our thoughts and prayers.
Much love,
Maria, Jeff, Zach, Will & Luke!
Mark & Rhonda,
We are so thankful to God for all the good news, and not surprised Mark is racing around. We all continue to pray for your speedy healing and that everyday there is less pain and more strength. This weekend wasn't the same without ya'll, so hurry back to see those awesome SLAMMERS play some baseball!!
God Bless--
Brad & Leah Meadows
Mark and Rhonda~
We are so glad to hear that things went well. God has a might plan for your family and he has revealed your strength through this time in your lives. You are such an inspiration to us all. I enjoyed spending the weekend with your dad, Mark- he is a good man and loves you very much-
Mark- get well soon- I know Colton's guinea pig really misses your special time together :)
We love you guys!
Richy and Debbie
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