Doing Well Everything is looking good for Dori to come home on Monday! We are off to the lake for some fun. Will check back in on Sunday. God bless you all, keep us in your hearts and minds.
JE
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Home Soon According to the latest talk with Dr Kapoor, Dori whould be home Monday. The fluid in the lungs is gone, no temp and she is feeling pretty good. Still on oxygen and taking antibiotics but things look good. Tait and I went to see her and played games/talked. It was so good to see Dori in such good spirits. It's been a long, tough two weeks but we're all feeling better now that things seem to have turned around. There was a point where we all wondered if Dori would ever come home, certainly one of the lowest lows we've had in some time. But, once it was clear that CMV was the problem the cytovene has done a good job-not to mention all the prayers and good thoughts from everyone. Thank you!
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Out of ICU and hopefully home soon. Real progress today as Dori felt good, had no "real" fever and was able to exercise some without a drop in oxygen level. I took the kids over tonight after dinner. Dori had called and said she would be moving out of ICU and that she wanted to see her kids, so we ate dinner and headed over to the hospital. We got there and when we got off the elevator there was Dori pulling her electronic monitoring gear (not sure what you call that!) behind her. We were able to sit in the little visiting room with her for about 30 minutes. It was great, the kids (and me) were real glad to see Mom. Grandma Morris went with us too and we all had a great time. It was so good to see Dori feeling so glad and looking so good. I couldn't help but think that we turned the corner and everything is going to be back to normal (at least normal for us) real soon. It's a real relief and everyone is feeling real good. Dori says they will scan her lungs again to tomorrow and barring any big surprises, she should be home soon if she continues to improve. We're all just real happy, I really don't know what else to say.
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Progress Yesterday was a pretty good day for Dori, she felt good and didn't have a fever. The doctors had said that is she could get up and move around some and hold her oxygen level up, she can move out of ICU. So whe was going to work on that. I haven't talked to her today so I don't know if that will happen today or not. At any rate it is progress. She also no longer has the c-diff abdominal virus. So we have made progress. Having Grandma at home today started off great. Jaden seemed real happy-Grandma cooked her some eggs so she was feeling good. Tait got off to school and everything was about as normal as it could be under the circumstances. Hopefully more progress today.
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Sunday, May 16, 2004
More of the same Dori sounded real good today. We talked with her this morning as we got ready for church then again this afternoon. She still seems to be real tired though. I wasn't able to get over to see her today-me and Tait went to Sea World again for a few hours while Jaden was at my Mom's. It's hard to get over to the hospital when she is in ICU because the kids can't go up and see her. So I'll get over there tomorrow and check her out. She has plently of visitors so she is not lonely at all. Of course we all miss her.
Today at church all the Sunday school teachers got recognized and I was able to stand-in for Dori. It seems like such a small thing to teach Sunday school but it really isn't. It takes a commitment and willingness to devote yourself to teaching that is hard to do-even though it is first greade it is not easy. But Dori loves doing it and I know she hates to miss seeing those kids. In fact all the teachers are wonderful and deserve a great deal of thanks. Ultimately they don't do it for any reward or recognition-they do it for the kids and because it is what God has called them to do. I was real happy to stand-in for her today.
There has not been much news to report this weekend. I think Monday Dr. Kapoor should give us a big update on everything and we'll know better where we stand. Until then..
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