MONDAY MONDAY

Ron's morning started out with a call from the cath lab...they were ready for him to come down for his heart biopsy. Nothing to eat prior to the procedure....except for his meds. We rushed to get those done for him and his nurse rushed to draw labs before we left the unit. The biopsy went well...he returned back to his room to rest for a while. He would need to stay in bed for at least 2 hours and with his head down low for at least 30 minutes. I took this opportunity to do his dressing change on his wound site. He now is waiting to go down for his CAT scan of his belly. He has to drink this nasty Barium before he goes down. He is not enjoying it at all. But he has managed to get it done and keep it down...thank goodness. He is unable to eat prior to this procedure either. With all this going on ...he has not been able to get out of bed and transfer to a chair. Hopefully, we will be able to work on this later today. We ask for every one's continued prayers ....both for Ron's quick recovery and our desperate need for financial peace as I continue to be away from work and our financial situation becomes more challenging. No word from the doctors as to their speculation on when Ron can be discharged. He will continue to remain in the ICU until he is taking some steps...my hope is that this will happen sooner rather than later. And, from their to the step down unit...once there...my hope is that his stay in that unit will be very short and then released to go home.