Well, Shelb is not going to the dr. today. why, you ask? well, we had to make a trip yesterday instead.
The day before yesterday Shelb had a lot of drainage that poured out of his incision. He freaked out, called me, I was doing some errands, and needed me to come home "right now!" I got home and his gauze(that had been pretty much dry, every time we would change it) was covered and some extra gauze that he had opened was covered and a towel that he had layed across his lap had some on it. He was sitting in the recliner and sat up and more poured out between two of the staples. So I called the doctors office and talked to the nurse.
She said she was gonna call the doctor and wanted to know Shelb's temp. It was normal. Later, she called back and said Dr. Burrowes wanted to see Shelb yesterday morning. So we went to the doctor yesterday instead of today.
Yesterday, he removed like 7 or 8 of his staples (he will remove the rest-hopefully- next wednesday. he said he will probably have more fluid that will come out between now and next week. shelb may have a little infection in that fluid build up area, that's why he left spaces between the staples, so it would have a place to drain.
The pain that shelb is having in his lower abdomen area? Well, he will probably have for a bit. It could be a combination of things, such as, gas, from all the cuttin and pullin in surgery, or things settling in that area from surgery. He explained what all he done in there during surgery and it was quite a bit of things. This surgery was more serious than his gastric bypass surgery and that surgery was very serious!
Dr. Burrowes told shelb he has done extremely well bouncing back from his surgeries. So we thank God for his remarkable work!
Keep praying for his recovery!
God Bless,
The Holmes'
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
01.18.2010
Happy MLK B'day!
Sorry it's been so long for an update. Everything's been going pretty good. Shelb's in some pain. Yesterday and today he's had some lower abdominal pain (in his pelvic area). He is concerned that it may be infection building back up. We are not sure.
I called the doctor to run it by him. He basically ask a lot of questions and after Shelb answered them, he said to watch for a fever and/or the pain continuously getting worse. So we will watch this for the next day or two. He goes back to the doctor on Thursday, so hopefully he will be okay til then.
Dr. Burrowes said the only way to really check is to do more test. So, if he breaks out with a fever or the pain gets worse, we will go back to AMC and have another CT scan or some other test. He mentioned CT scan. But that's only if he gets worse between now and Thursday.
The praying's not over.......We still need prayers for the recovery period and until Shelb can feel confident with what's going on in this process. We don't want to over react however, we don't want something to be going on and not catch it til it gets to the point that it was before we caught it this time. We will have to keep check over time for other signs of problems. This will always be a concern of ours. We also know that GOD is still in control and we are here for him.
Shelb is at home for those of you that has not read the previous blogs. He does answer his phone, if he's not napping or busy :) !
I will not update the blog everyday unless there are changes and that will be when I slow down long enough to update it.! Thanks once again for your concerns.
Luv Yas,
The Holmes'
Sorry it's been so long for an update. Everything's been going pretty good. Shelb's in some pain. Yesterday and today he's had some lower abdominal pain (in his pelvic area). He is concerned that it may be infection building back up. We are not sure.
I called the doctor to run it by him. He basically ask a lot of questions and after Shelb answered them, he said to watch for a fever and/or the pain continuously getting worse. So we will watch this for the next day or two. He goes back to the doctor on Thursday, so hopefully he will be okay til then.
Dr. Burrowes said the only way to really check is to do more test. So, if he breaks out with a fever or the pain gets worse, we will go back to AMC and have another CT scan or some other test. He mentioned CT scan. But that's only if he gets worse between now and Thursday.
The praying's not over.......We still need prayers for the recovery period and until Shelb can feel confident with what's going on in this process. We don't want to over react however, we don't want something to be going on and not catch it til it gets to the point that it was before we caught it this time. We will have to keep check over time for other signs of problems. This will always be a concern of ours. We also know that GOD is still in control and we are here for him.
Shelb is at home for those of you that has not read the previous blogs. He does answer his phone, if he's not napping or busy :) !
I will not update the blog everyday unless there are changes and that will be when I slow down long enough to update it.! Thanks once again for your concerns.
Luv Yas,
The Holmes'
Friday, January 15, 2010
01.15.2010
i finally got to bring my huney home! WELCOME HOLMES HOME!
we finally got out of the hospital at approximately 12:00pm.
shelb was texting me once they come to pick him up from the room, as i was awaiting his arrival in the truck. while i was waiting, one of the transport guys(the ones that do the transporting to the vehicles) ask me to move closer to the ramp(the handicap ramp). he kept motioning for me to move. shelb had just text me to tell me he was on the elevator heading down. i finally rolled down the window to ask the transport guy what he was saying, he repeated for like the forth time...."move closer to the curb." i said, "but i don't see him." he said, "right there in the wheel chair." as i kept looking, i still didn't see him. i said, "that one is not mine." the next question about killed me... he ask, " ARE YOU SURE?" now do you think that i would know who i am picking up at the hospital's main entrance? come on! he looked at the man in the wheelchair, and he was motioning to the parking deck-- like his ride was coming from the parking deck." the transport guy looked at me and apologized. "i am soooooo sorry!" that was the excitement while i was waiting on my husband. So i text shelb to tell him they were trying to give me some poor ol' man in a wheelchair and then questioned the fact that i told him he wasn't mine.
shelb finally text me said he was almost there.
i finally got the right man in my truck and headed southbound. we got home all in one piece! he is at home and has not had any pain meds up to this point. it is now going on 5:30pm so for those of you that think my driving is terrible---- he didn't have to have any pain meds because of it~ LOL :)
he will go back to the dr. on thursday to see if any of the staples can come out. he removed the drain before we left the hospital. the pathology report showed the same thing that henry came up with which was fibromatosis. NO CANCER! Thank the LORD! another blessing. and another prayer answered!
We are ecstatic to have Shelb back home. Praying for a speedy recovery~Lots of Love,
The Holmes
we finally got out of the hospital at approximately 12:00pm.
shelb was texting me once they come to pick him up from the room, as i was awaiting his arrival in the truck. while i was waiting, one of the transport guys(the ones that do the transporting to the vehicles) ask me to move closer to the ramp(the handicap ramp). he kept motioning for me to move. shelb had just text me to tell me he was on the elevator heading down. i finally rolled down the window to ask the transport guy what he was saying, he repeated for like the forth time...."move closer to the curb." i said, "but i don't see him." he said, "right there in the wheel chair." as i kept looking, i still didn't see him. i said, "that one is not mine." the next question about killed me... he ask, " ARE YOU SURE?" now do you think that i would know who i am picking up at the hospital's main entrance? come on! he looked at the man in the wheelchair, and he was motioning to the parking deck-- like his ride was coming from the parking deck." the transport guy looked at me and apologized. "i am soooooo sorry!" that was the excitement while i was waiting on my husband. So i text shelb to tell him they were trying to give me some poor ol' man in a wheelchair and then questioned the fact that i told him he wasn't mine.
shelb finally text me said he was almost there.
i finally got the right man in my truck and headed southbound. we got home all in one piece! he is at home and has not had any pain meds up to this point. it is now going on 5:30pm so for those of you that think my driving is terrible---- he didn't have to have any pain meds because of it~ LOL :)
he will go back to the dr. on thursday to see if any of the staples can come out. he removed the drain before we left the hospital. the pathology report showed the same thing that henry came up with which was fibromatosis. NO CANCER! Thank the LORD! another blessing. and another prayer answered!
We are ecstatic to have Shelb back home. Praying for a speedy recovery~Lots of Love,
The Holmes
Thursday, January 14, 2010
01.14.2010
it is 1930(730pm). the dr. just left shelb's room for the first time today. He's a busy man! Shelb will be released to come home tomorrow morning-not sure what time!
shelb had a CT scan this morning. he said it all looked good. the dye that he had to drink showed that everything was passing like it is suppose to! YAY! :)
shelb has a lot of fluid retention and the dr. is going to put him on lasix. he told him once he gets home and starts eating real food to eat lots of protein but not to start out eating steak and that would help with some of the fluid.
we will have to go back next week to get staples removed and find out the results of the biopsy unless he's gonna call with the results... not sure what hes gonna do about that.
we are just happy at this moment that he's gonna get to come home within the next 12-18 hours..... we all miss him very much!
Just keep praying for a safe recovery and great results on the biopsy. Thanks for everyones love and support and most of all the PRAYERS! God has answered many!
shelb had a CT scan this morning. he said it all looked good. the dye that he had to drink showed that everything was passing like it is suppose to! YAY! :)
shelb has a lot of fluid retention and the dr. is going to put him on lasix. he told him once he gets home and starts eating real food to eat lots of protein but not to start out eating steak and that would help with some of the fluid.
we will have to go back next week to get staples removed and find out the results of the biopsy unless he's gonna call with the results... not sure what hes gonna do about that.
we are just happy at this moment that he's gonna get to come home within the next 12-18 hours..... we all miss him very much!
Just keep praying for a safe recovery and great results on the biopsy. Thanks for everyones love and support and most of all the PRAYERS! God has answered many!
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