Bad news:
Well, we thought Gary might be getting to come home before this weekend. At this point we haven't heard anything, so I'm pretty sure he'll be there another week. (If he were coming home, they'd be scheduling me for helping with pt and speech therapy.)
The reason for the delay is that they can't get his blood pressure to stay high enough to keep him from getting dizzy. Two nights ago, he got up with the nurse and passed out again. Luckily he didn't get hurt in the fall! His blood pressure was 80/40 once they got him to bed. They are now giving him a fairly high dosage of hypotension drug to raise his blood pressure, but even after sitting up all day long today it was only 110/58. If he stood up, it would drop even further. I did some anatomy research and found that blood pressure is controlled by the medulla, which is in the brain stem, which is where the tumor was located.
Vision is still blurred and doubled.
Gary got a new roommate tonight...a very uncomfortable and deaf 85 year old man:).
Alyssa is really having a hard time with the thoughts of leaving for her ballet intensive in 9 days since her daddy is not well and at home. (Don't mention this to her. I told Gary to talk to her about it and she was really upset with me...for about an hour;), but I don't want to push my luck. Just pray that she will have peace of mind and be able to enjoy this awesome opportunity to dance and spend time worshiping the Lord.)
Good news:
Gary is working really hard on all of his exercises. He is so calm about all of this. I am so proud of him for being patient and diligent.
His speech is getting much more clear and swallowing has become a breeze.
Yesterday, during pt, his blood pressure was a little higher and he walked for about 10 minutes. Praise God his legs are strong!
Tonight he had his first chocolate milkshake from Chik-Fil-A.
We have the sweetest, kindest and most generous friends and church family anyone could possibly have.
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