Seven and a half months of sitting in the hospital praying for improvements. While it has made for long days and nights for me it’s nothing compared to what he is going through. The seven months in bed has taken its toll on him. He has bed sores and his muscle tone is declining. I’m …
There’s two questions people ask often when the subject of Chris being in the hospital for seven months comes up: How do you do it? How do you handle being at the hospital everyday? I just take it day by day and deal with the frustrations as they rise. Believe me there are plenty of …
Today is 206 days in the hospital for Chris. I would love to say there’s an end in sight but that’s just not the case. He has made small improvements, but there is still a long ways to go. He is really sticking with his “baby steps” philosophy. He always said baby steps when it …
198 days in the hospital and we finally get a little bit of good news! Chris’s prealbumin is finally coming up. Blood work shows it is up 18! This is a great feat considering we’ve been trying to get this number above 15 for over a year. The prealbumin determines how well he will heal, …
Who would’ve thought that building a fence in the backyard would cause so much damage? This is the results of walking into a board while building a privacy fence in our backyard. We have being dealing with the aftermath for the last two years. The fence has never been finished either. For most people walking …
They force us to get health insurance. We pay for the health insurance thinking that if something happens at least we won’t have to foot the whole bill ourselves. This makes it a little easier to justify paying the premiums every month, right? If you pay a every month your covered if the something happens, …
185 days is a long time! It seems like forever when you’re talking about spending it in the hospital. At least that’s what it feels like for me. I can’t imagine what it feels like for Chris. I at least can get up and move around, come home each night to spoil our critters, and …
The past few days have been busy, stressful and frustrating! Every time Chris makes any small improvements he has a big set back. He was becoming more alert and interacting by facial expressions. We were happy to see he was interacting more and then the infection set into his blood. He spent days just staring …
What comes to mind when you hear someone say they or their loved one had a long hospital stay? According to a hospitalist doctor the average “Long” hospital stay is 5 days. Chris has been in the hospital since February 26th. For those who are counting (me) today is his 165th day in the hospital! …
Imagine spending years and thousands of dollars to become a doctor only to have it all stolen from you! Of course it didn’t take the debt that was aquired to become a doctor. It took the ability to continue to be a doctor. What was it that so savagely took this ability? CANCER! My husband …