Continued update.....Tonight is our week mark of being home and out of the hospital. He has not had a spasm for 10 days! Overall he feels pretty good considering all that has happened over the past 5 weeks. Mitch still tends to be tired, slow in his movements, weak (he lost 18 pounds) and has a hard time sleeping. All things we were told would happen. He has been to physical therapy 3 times now and is responding very well. As you can imagine he is very tight and sore.
He had an issue at school yesterday that landed him back in an ambulance and a visit to the ER. He had a withdrawal issue and was shaking uncontrollable, throwing up, sweating, etc. The good news is he did not have another spasm through out the whole episode yesterday. He is in the process of weaning off all the heavy narcotics and it seemed to catch up with him yesterday. They gave him a shot in the ER and within 3 minutes he was calmed down and we were released an hour later. He did fine last night after coming home.
No one said the road to full recovery would be easy but overall he is doing very good all things considered. Your continued support, prayers and thoughts are greatly appreciated. Your past support has helped carry us through this ordeal and again words cannot express our deep gratitude for all the support. Thanks
Friday, March 12, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
March 5th
We have officially been given our discharge papers - we are heading west today! We are all so excited to get home. Thanks to everyone for all that you've done.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
March 4th
Mitch's kidney numbers continue to drop, they were down to 1.3 this morning and 1.0 is normal. He had his pick line taken out this morning so he no longer has any IV's in and is finally a free man. He is able to move around without being attached to his christmas tree. We were able to take him outside for a slow walk around the outside of the hospital today - he was happy to go outside with no IV's or wheelchair. We are all looking forward to returning home tomorrow, it has been a long and hard 4 weeks away from home.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
March 3rd - evening
Our mtg with the Docs went great, I really like the format of having everyone in the same room for q and a and open communication regarding Mitch. It really works great and this is one example of what makes this such a great medical location. The Docs are awesome.
Mitch was given time during our meeting to express his thoughts and deliver his "time to go home" speech. He did great and had people laughing and listening - it worked great as we are coming home Friday, provided he continues to improve at the same fast rate he has the past couple of days. They actually can't believe the change/improvement in him over the past 48/72 hours and can't remember a patient improving at this fast a rate. Most of them told us that based on his status last Thursday/Friday they would have guessed that we would've been here for at least 2/3 more weeks. And we all know the reason for his improvement - thanks for all the prayers, thoughts and support!
Mitch has been out of bed all day today - walking (sometimes with the use of a walker) and sitting in a chair doing facebook and reading all his wonderful letters. Although it was very light and slow, he was also able to get on a stationary bike and pedal for a little while during physical therapy. We can tell he is feeling better as he is on the phone with the cafeteria ordering food every couple hours.
Mitch is wondering if the lear jet we rode on to get out here can be a round trip deal instead of just one way.
Mitch was given time during our meeting to express his thoughts and deliver his "time to go home" speech. He did great and had people laughing and listening - it worked great as we are coming home Friday, provided he continues to improve at the same fast rate he has the past couple of days. They actually can't believe the change/improvement in him over the past 48/72 hours and can't remember a patient improving at this fast a rate. Most of them told us that based on his status last Thursday/Friday they would have guessed that we would've been here for at least 2/3 more weeks. And we all know the reason for his improvement - thanks for all the prayers, thoughts and support!
Mitch has been out of bed all day today - walking (sometimes with the use of a walker) and sitting in a chair doing facebook and reading all his wonderful letters. Although it was very light and slow, he was also able to get on a stationary bike and pedal for a little while during physical therapy. We can tell he is feeling better as he is on the phone with the cafeteria ordering food every couple hours.
Mitch is wondering if the lear jet we rode on to get out here can be a round trip deal instead of just one way.
March 3rd - Mitch speaking
Hey there, as you all know its mitch and in all honesty i don't have words to explain how greatful i am for the love and all the support. My foundation has been built and the faith is still growing day by day.The prayers and happy good thoughts have been felt every step of the way, Couldn't do it without you guys. The glass is full and the sun will come up tomrorrow. Thank you all for being champs and hanging in there with me because I could not do this on my own. I need friends and family like you all.I Love you all SO much and just count down the days i can give you all hugs and thank you in person! We can do hard things and we are as a team, and a winning team that is. Keep the heads high and we can do this just one step at a time. Again, Love you all so much if you can just imagine me standing with my arms wide open for the biggest bear hug I could give to all of you. Thanks so much, just remember, I will be back and a better person having gone through this. And it will make us ALL stronger in some way. You're all just so great! cya soon. -
Mitch (Mitchypoo)
Mitch (Mitchypoo)
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