WEEK THREE AT UMC

12:33pm

Ron had a rough night. Having a lot of issues with his stomach. We aren't sure if it is his GERDS that is acting up...his hyatel hernia...or possibly the H-Pylori bacteria is back. He had it back in August. He says the pain feels similar to the pain he had in August. We are having blood drawn to run tests to see if that is the problem. If so..it can easily be treated with antibiotics and relief will come fast.
Dr. Copeland just stopped in. They will go ahead and treat Ron for the H-pylori since he probably still has the antibodies from it ..this way they don't have to go in with a scope to run further tests. He went ahead and ordered another echo on his heart. He reviewed his chest x-ray taken this morning. He said it looks good so the tube will come out.
He also wanted to know when the newspaper article is suppose to come out on our story...we told him it is suppose to be tomorrow. He was impressed they were putting us in the Sunday edition...he laughed and said it will probably be on the front page!
Ron was out of bed this morning and we had him in the regular chair. We have decided no more cadillac chair. He needs to start using his legs and getting up to sit. This is the only way he is going to regain his strength. I gave him a long pep talk last night on the importance of taking new strides to recovery. Staying in bed is easy...it is time to persevere and challenge himself because I know he can do it. He has overcome so much...this is just a small hurdle to getting his legs stronger. He did a great job today. He sat in the chair for about an hour and that is only because the dialysis nurse came in to give him his treatment. We probably could have gone a little longer. So, he is back in bed now and getting dialysis today for two hours. He seems to be resting comfortably.