Day 2

Brent is doing good. He was sitting up when we came in this morning in a chair. He ate his liquid breakfast...yummy! He said he seen the clock about every hour but he rested well. They took him off of the oxygen at 3 this afternoon....how amazing! It's just amazing...words don't come to me! It's just an awesome thing! He has been off ever since and he is doing good. It was kind of wierd for him not to have a canulla on him. They pulled his IV out of his neck artery and we are now moved to another floor and out of ICU so the visiting hours are wide open now! The last couple days the visiting hours were very strict. He is pretty uncomfortable with the 4 chest tubes that he has in him right now. They keep telling us that as soon as those chest tubes come out he will "realize and feel" right now he knows that he has new lungs but he doesn't truly have the "feel" of the new lungs. His chest feels thight to him because one he has those chest tubes and two he has a lot of tape on his chest around the tubes. Sorry this is so late getting on here! It's been a hecktic day! Love to all!
Trudy

Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 26, 2009 at 10:59 PM

    Wow! All I can say is Praise God! Really, nothing else seems to do justice for the great news. No oxygen! What a gift! Tell Brent a big "hi", and Becky and I can't wait to pick on him again and get him laughing :) Okay, maybe we'll wait for him to heal more before we get him laughing too hard. Just think, we'll be able to laugh as much as we want without any more coughing spells. How great is that?! Just don't let that one respiratory therapist in the room with us and we'll behave :)
    Love you guys! Praying for a good night for both of you.
    XOXOXO
    Dawn

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousMay 26, 2009 at 11:09 PM

    Dear Brent and Trudy and families,

    Truly rejoicing in the miracle! Have been faithfully following your blog and appreciate the updates. When there's no update, I start imagining the worst, but then it keeps getting better! No oxygen! What a change! Praying for healing for the surgery site and that your body doesn't reject the "foreign" lungs! Glad your family was all able to be with you. I've been encouraged all along by your fantastic attitude. I join you in proclaiming God's goodness and faithfulness!

    Leaving you in Jesus' love and care,
    Nancy Knepp

    ReplyDelete
  3. Brian and Jacki HuberMay 26, 2009 at 11:25 PM

    We got this from Kurt and Livy, and are so thankful to hear how things are going. We were at your baptism, Brent, and were so excited to hear then when you were engaged. God's peace and nearness in these special times is unspeakable, and just lets us know in part of His wonderful goodness and mercy to us. May the Lord continue to be mightily by your sides.

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousMay 27, 2009 at 5:13 AM

    Good morning Brent and Trudy...We are so thankful to hear that the recovery is going well. Al and Phil are here for a couple days to work, so we all gathered around the computer to check on the update! They send their love and prayers too. We are all in awe and wonder as God is unfolding this miracle in your lives. We continue to rejoice...
    U. Jake and A. Mary and families

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousMay 27, 2009 at 7:20 AM

    Brent and Trudy,

    What an awsome God we have! We are so excited for both of you. We have been praying and will continue to pray.

    Our love,
    Uncle Phil and Aunt Barb

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousMay 27, 2009 at 8:22 AM

    What a miracle - we are praying so very hard that things continue to go well. We wish we could be there and give you both a hug! know that you are in our thoughts constantly, and love you so much!
    we hope you have another good day today.
    all our love to you,
    U. Kurt & A. Livy

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousMay 27, 2009 at 9:07 AM

    Happy day 3! We are rejoicing the good news of no oxygen, out of ICU, no restricted visiting for Trudy, etc.! We thank God for all that has transpired and are praying for continued healing and recovery. Brent, wish we could give you a hug, however, right now I imagine you aren't looking for anyone to touch you, right? Have a great day!
    U. Bob & A Charlene

    ReplyDelete
  8. Myron and Elaine BlunierMay 27, 2009 at 9:15 AM

    Dear Bro. Brent and Sis. Trudy,
    We continue to pray for you and rejoice that our Lord has blessed your lives with this "Miracle", we thank Him. We appreciate the updates, and may you continue to be inspired to share His love as you have been. The fact that it rained vesterday, and it"s the 27th of May and many farmers are not done planting, seem unimportant when we read your of your "Miracle" , It is truly an inspiration! May God continue to Bless you all.
    Myron and Elaine

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Dr. Alex Rounds

Image
Dr. Alex was just in. Nothing really new. Pretty much just waiting for those tubes to come out. He explained his meds and when we will need to come back for appt's with him etc. He is one of the nicest Dr's that we have...I say one of because we many that are nice! Here are a couple pics of him when he was in here with us not even 10 min ago! Enjoy! PS. I have to admit the Coyote movies weren't that bad...rachel!
Read more

It's OVER!!!...so far!

He is out of surgery and everything went GREAT!!! It's awesome!!! We are so truly thankful for all that has come over the past hours! He should be extubated by the end of today. I will let you know more when I know!
Read more
Good evening! First thing this morning we went to Chicago to meet with the Dr who will be over seeing Brent’s photopheresis treatments. We had all of our questions answered and are hopeful that the treatments will work.  His first treatment will be Thursday morning of this week and we will have to go again on Friday. The treatments have to be done in Chicago and-we were glad to hear-the treatment will only be 2 hrs long!! The one side effects he has is that he can’t be exposed to the sun the first 24 hrs after treatment. This is because they use UV light in the treatment and it takes 24 hrs for his body to absorb any excess of the UV sensitive drug that may be in his body.    Other than that he should feel the same as usual!  He was also scheduled to get a port (under the skin) placed today. After checking his arms they concluded that they didn’t need the port because he has great veins!  We appreciate all the love, support & prayers everyone ha...
Read more