Well, Mark got his staples removed this evening. He now has steri strips in their place. The doc told him he is still at high risk for the wound opening up since he has tumor in there. The last time Mark had surgery, he did open up and had to heal from the inside out, so we hope that doesn't happen this time. We were glad to have one more step behind us.
Mark got his first dose of oral antibiotics at 9pm. The ID doc didn't feel like Mark needed antibiotics at all. That was what he recommended. When the surgery doc rounded, he disagreed and ordered the antibiotics himself. He thinks Mark will need 2 weeks of oral antibiotics when we leave the hospital. If Mark does well overnight and tomorrow morning, we will probably be discharged. YEAH!!!!! However, they want us to hang out in Pittsburgh until Monday to make sure Mark isn't going to have any more trouble as they wouldn't want us to get home and get into trouble and have to explain the entire case to new docs, etc. We will have to hang out at the Family House Saturday and Sunday. I can think of worse things. At lease I'll have a bed over there. YEAH!!!! (Still no cot for tonight-the hospital has some sort of cot shortage. Who knew?????) I will be glad to say goodbye to this recliner tomorrow for sure.
Mark took a short walk with me today. He didn't want to go outside or do a lot. His appetite seems to be getting a little better. He has lost A LOT of weight and muscle mass. He is very thin!!!
Thanks for all the prayers and support. God bless!!!!!
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Dear Rhonda and Mark,
Just wanted to let you know we stopped by and visited your parents last Wednesday night. They are great! I hope I can keep up with three kids when I am their age. The kids looked good and Colton and Calen added to the conversation when the talk turned to football. Emily was playing and seemed happy and content. We are in Norman this weekend for the game and to visit our son Patrick. He is a Freshman. Your parents told us about your nephew Chris so hope Patrick can track him down on the OU Web. Looks like we might have our work cut out for us with Tulsa today. I know you will be watching.
Our thought and prayers are with you,
Michelle and David Downs
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