Thursday, March 26, 2009

Slow Recovery

Luke's recovery slowed down a bit today as his heart rate was up and he wasn't as perky this morning as he was yesterday. They took a chest x-ray and his lungs showed a bit of cloudiness which could be anything from a touch of pneumonia to remnants of the hit his lungs took from the original trauma. As a precaution he is taking some antibiotics and he took a nebulizer treatment this evening.

He got in his chair at the nurse's request this afternoon and the longer he sat up the better he looked and acted. He ate all his dinner with no signs of nausea. He stayed in the chair for several hours before returning to bed.

This morning the doctors thought he may be able to leave the hospital tomorrow, but after today's tests he may stay another day. Time will tell.

---Bill

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Prayers to you all. We pray for a speedy hospital stay and return home and overall healing.

Josh & Kristen Snyder

Anonymous said...

Dear Luke,

Continuing to pray for you and your progress after surgery. Know that you are in HIS hands and "you do not fight for victory, you fight from victory".

Prayerfully,
The Pengra Family
Redmond, Oregon