Friday, March 19:

I feel better today, I check with Dwen's nurse and she said as long as I wasn't running a fever I could come up! So I did some cleaning, had a brief nervous breakdown this afternoon and headed to the hospital around 2:30. They placed a dialysis catheter in this morning...in hopes they won't have to use it and with it being the weekend, it's best to have it in place...better safe than sorry. I had no idea what that was and the fear of the unknown is a bitch. Basically he had a central line out into his neck. His kidneys are hanging on to the toxins in his body...toxins like the morphine that make him delusional. They are flushing him and giving him more nutrients. After the shift change, (where from 6:30 to 7:30 they run everyone out of ICU) he was very lucid...we talked about his work/business, the kids, the dogs, what has been going on with him...it was the best conversation we ever had. I don't wanna jinx anything but it's a banner freakin' day! He didn't want me to leave, I told him to rest up and we'll finish our conversation first time in the morning! No amount of rain, ice or snow will keep me from him tomorrow! I feel so relieved and happy! We aren't out of the woods yet...but it is a step in the right direction!

Saturday, March 20:

I went up around 8 am this morning. My brother David was with me. The surgeon came in and looked at his incision, everything looked good there. The GI guy came in and started Dwen on some stuff like Ensure...because D ate some jello and had some orange juice this morning. Every doctor that walks in there tells us, that once his kidneys are better he can leave ICU. So they brought in a dialysis machine. His numbers went up again from 6.6 to 7. (something...I can't remember at this time). So, they explained it all, how it works, what should happen. They ran him through a 2 hour treatment. He was pretty beat after it. It had snowed ALL day on the first day of spring, but honestly if the nurses hadn't been talking about it....I would have never known it was the first day of Spring! We all made it home ok in the snow...and I called this morning and his numbers DROPPED!!!! He is currently at 5. (something) WOOO HOOOO! (* I will correct these numbers as soon as my brain wakes up and I remember them!) He is on the mend! Still not wanting to jinx it but this big girl is dancing!