Hello. We are "home" at the Family House now. We left the hospital yesterday afternoon. We wheeled Mark across the busy intersection in the wheelchair. He wasn't fond of all the bumps, but we made it. He has been resting since. He hasn't gotten up to walk any in the last 4 days and we are trying hard to motivate him to get up and move more. He gets up to sit in the chair, but has refused to walk.
We went downstairs for dinner last night and Mark wanted us to take him in the wheelchair as with breakfast. He has managed to back off of his pain medication some. I think he is less anxious about it now that he is in control of administering it. He is still pretty sore and is having a lot of output from the ileostomy. We have to watch that closely as dehydration is common and a lot of patients with these end up readmitted with dehydration. They have put him on fiber supplements 5 times daily to try and slow things down. We will see.
We see Dr. Bartlett tomorrow for our appointment and are scheduled back in Auburn to see Dr. McKenzie with urology Monday and hopefully get the catheter out. We will see Dr Farmer on Wednesday. It will be busy.
My mom is leaving within the hour, so it will just be Mark and I. I hope we'll manage on our own. I think we'll do okay.
Mark's laptop isn't working now, so I have to use the computer at the Family House and it blocks this website, so I ran across the street to the hospital for this update. That should be fun. I will try to keep everyone updated.
God bless!!!
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Congratulations on being out of the hospital. That, by itself, will make you feel much better. And I feel sure you two will "make it on your own".
The prayers continue for you, and you continue to show us what grace is.
In Christ,
randy beard
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