Mr. V's Journey To Recovery

We got here bright and early by nine to see Mr. V. Of course he was asleep but hey he deserves it. He had a busy day with family coming over to see him. We got to talk to him for a second before he dozed off again. His Nurse Mary was kind enough to update us on dad. He is still full of fluid in his body, its so bad when they stick an IV in there it just oozes liquid but she said overtime the swelling will reduce. He is back on his pressers but they are monitoring it and they want to once again do a line directly to his belly to feed him. He also has a low hemoglobin count but not too low but they are monitoring it. If his dosage on the pressers go up and his hemoglobin count goes down they may need to give him more blood. So far that has not been the case. They have been giving him medicine for his liver to help it heal. They have to restore his electrolytes which are his potassium, sodium, and phosphates so he can heal faster. Can you believe that, I just thought electrolytes were just a marketing ploy to drink fancy water but we do need it but we make it on our own naturally. Of course my dad needs help in that area since he is still very very sick. Nurse Mary of Hope (interesting story on that should I be A.D.D. and tell you that okay I will)

Nurse Mary of Hope was the nurse that was in there when my dad was bleeding so much there was no hope. However when he started to get better she was still his nurse and my mom saw it as a sign that his nurse was named Mary and I think there was a halo over her head. Okay as I was saying she remembers my dad at his worst and even commented on how much better he looks. He is still very critical but is progressing well. She remembered when he was so swollen his eyelids were super puffy he could barely open his eyes. She was amazed how far he has come.

We are glad that he has progressed little by little, we will take baby steps to getting better any day over big slides backwards to getting worse. Well I just wanted to update everyone on this little bit of news on his status today. I am off to get some coffee from Cafe Herman (pronounced like a fancy French Restaurant). Thanks again for your thoughts and prayers.