Aaron has done great since surgery with the exception of some serious nausea. Wednesday night & most of Thursday morning were spent with a container in his hand. And of course this was not a pretty sight or a wonderful feeling with abdominal surgery but goes with the territory. Dr. Collins is trying hard to get the nausea under control thus changing Aaron's pain meds plus trying all kinds of meds for the stomach. Late Thursday was an improvement and Aaron walked another lap & today looks a little brighter. If they can get this to pass then they will begin removing all his connections. Right now he has a mainline access in his neck, 2 accesses in his arm, an NG tube to the stomach & catheter still connected so walking is not the easiest thing to do as you can imagine. Tomorrow we meet the pharmacist to learn this great regiment of drugs that he will be taking and hopefully he might leave the hospital mid week but remain in Durham a few extra days. With transplants there are so many possibilities of returning to the hospital, some more serious than others, that they want us to be close by for a period of time. Hopefully none of those occur but better safe than sorry. The good news is his creatine (kidney function) is 1.2 (5.2 prior to surgery) and his sugars were 89 this morning & no insulin since surgery. We appreciate all the phone calls, texts but most importantly the prayers. They have literally carried us safely through the storm and will continue to do so. Thanks also to my cousin, John (a kidney transplant) who lives in Durham for helping us both and to Camille & family for visiting and helping. Our family has been wonderful taking care of things at home and we appreciate them so much and we hope to Skype with family from the hospital soon. And a special thanks to Carolyn Miller for all the "many" things she has done to help us. Also, thank you, Donna Wiles, for taking the load off me at church by having a "plan" for my absence. And thank you to all who have prayed. God is good and His blessings are countless.
Until later.....
Barbara
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