saturday 01.09.2010 am

Good morning to all!

Shelb had a painful night. His brother stayed with him last night, so i could come home and take care of a few things, thank goodness.

I talked to them first thing this morning and shelb was in extreme pain and it wasn't time for his pain medicine and of course he wouldn't ask for any. They were also gonna make him get up and walk around 8 am (in all this pain?) yes!

I heard through the grape vine that an hour or so later he was still in a lot of pain, so i made a few phone calls. :) He got very pale when he sat up, then he stood up. He sat back on the bed for about 30 minutes, then got up and walked to the door(of the room), then down the hall he went! i don't know what he was thinking. He made it back and into bed, then ask for (or it was time for) his medicine. Once they gave him the medicine, he relaxed.

I talked to the nurse just after she had come out of his room and she explained to me that he had not mentioned being in any extreme pain and sometimes morphine doesn't work for some (which is the pump that he's on).

So, Dr. Burrowes called back and I explained that Shelb was having extreme pain and he said he's gonna call the nurse and discuss pain medicine options with her.

Overall, he's doing great, with the understanding the cut out all kind of stuff yesterday. With the exception of pain, he's doing wonderful and God has blessed us once again! Thank you God for Shelby's surgery doing so well! God Bless Dr. Burrowes and all the helping staff! I'm sure there were a lot of helping hands in the O.R. God Bless them ALL!

On the flipside...please keep in mind, he's still not in the talking mood yet! I will be up there a little later and stay the night with him again. He will be better soon, I have lots of faith! :) God bless you all, keep praying!

we love you all,
shelb,vic,kip,amber, and chase