4-20-2010

Well, last night turned out to be a long night.

After geting home and learning that the doctor was going to call the house to answer some specific questions posed by Jamiesue earlier in the day I began the waiting game.

Shortly after 5:00 pm I called the office and learned they had closed for the day at 4:30. I asked to be contacted by the on call doctor as soon as possible. It was Dr Val's opinion that Dar should go to the ER

Soooooo, I made the call for transport, (we might have taken Dar ourselves had her O2 sats been better and we had portable oxygen), but we don't so off we went to Chico. Jamie had just gone off shift so Margie came down off the mountain to go with me in the van and help if we got to bring Dar home.

Test were run, blood was drawn for white bood cell count,it was normal, an arterial blood gas was drawn and it turned out that Dar's CO2 was at 70, but given all the other related parts of the test it was ok. A bit high but ok.At first there was talk by the ER doc that Dar would be admitted and sent to ICU again. When Dr Val came down to see her he felt that with a few antibiotics given while she was there, a bolace of the Prednizone, a new run of the Prednizone beginning today and a continueing round of Leviquinn, Dar could return home that night.

Shortly before we left the ER, Dar was showing a bit of her ol self, laughing when I pushed the "chuckle" button.

Dar got home by way of ambulance about midnight and Margie and Igot her ready for bed, gave her meds and dinner and it was not 30 minutes and she was off to peacefull sleep.

Jamie tells me that momma is resting peacefully and at times showing her "perky" side. As I learn more after work I will post a short note to all of you. Thank you for your continued prayers and please continue to pray that Dar will return to her "norm" as soon as possible.

Love to all,

Dar/Danny/Jamiesue

1639 hours

Update.

O2 sats have been very good all day, put her speaking valve on and she is laughing more than she has in several days. I have also learned through questions that Dar is in a bit of an emotional funk. We have talked and we will all work together to encourage and bolster her spirits. I think visitors would be a great insperation to Dar.

Ron from Lincare just left and will be filling our order for portable O2 in the event that a need arises when we are on the road. We are also going to do a sleep study with Dar's battery operated Pulse Ox. This will give Ron a definitive read on what Dar does at night and during the day in regard to O2 saturation in the blood and her sleep apnea at night. We have been busy and now I am going to take a little power nap. Did not get to bed till 2:00 am this morning and then back at it at 3:30.

Bless you all and thank You for your continued prayers. Love to all,

Dar/Danny/Jamiesue and Margie