Update

I spent a couple of hours with LaShae yesterday and she seems to be recovering very nicely. Her color was a lot better and she is off of the oxygen and IV fluids. She still has the central line because they are still giving her pretty much round the clock antibiotics. Yesterday she got up and walked the whole length of the hall down to the elevator (she is in the last room of the hall.) So, that was good. She still is not eating much...food makes her nauseated and nothing smells good or tastes good but they do not seem to be worried about that at all after what she has been through. She is still in some pain and they are primarily controlling that with a pill. Yesterday she slept about 6 to 7 hours. At lunch she was nauseated so they brought her some phenergan and it knocked her out !!!! The nurse said next time they were only going to give her half !!!

Out of ICU !!!!

LaShae got to go to a room around 6pm last night and get out of ICU !!! YEAH !!! Hopefully now she can get some rest. I talked to her this morning and she got to take a shower last night and she said she washed her hair like 5 or 6 times !!! I had to laugh. She said the shower was wonderful !!! She also got to try and eat "real" food...not liquids...and NOT chocolate pudding for breakfast...YUCK !!!

The results of the CT scan showed that she still had fluid on her abdomen and they will continue to watch that and make sure it doesn't turn into an abcess. Her white blood cells were elevated yesterday morning so they are doing a culture to see what is going on there. She is still having some trouble with her breathing but it is MUCH better. She is still on oxygen with the nasal cannula. She is also still having pain issues and now that she is not in ICU she has to wait a longer to get her pain meds when she calls for them. I think Mom is having a harder time dealing with that situation..ya know Mom's tend to be a little impatient when their children need something that will help them !!!

She had several visitors last night so the kids and I didn't go up. Maybe we can all go and see her tonight. Funny story...Maegen just couldn't understand why she couldn't go see LaShae when she was in ICU..and I was trying to explain it to a 6 year old that there are just too many really sick people and we didn't want her to get sick and she just wasn't old enough..well her response was with hands on hip: "When I'm 26 can I go see LaShae?" I just had to laugh...26....where in the world did she get that number from?

Update

LaShae didn't have a very good day yesterday. She is still in ICU. The Doctors called in a Pulmonologist because of her lack of breathing and he felt like she just had fluid on her lungs so he ordered Lasix and another X-Ray today so that he could compare the two and see if it is just fluid and if the Lasix was working. They took the X-Ray at 2am this morning. Her blood count was down again yesterday so they ordered another CT scan and 2 units of blood. Still not sure why her blood count is down and trying to figure that part out. They gave her 1 unit of blood yesterday and will give her 1 unit today. They couldn't find a vein yesterday so they had to take her down and get a sub-clavian (Central Line) put in. After they got the sub-clavian in they were able to get her back on her meds. The Lasix seemed to help tremendously. They were able to wean her off of the rebreather oxygen mask to a regular mask and now she is using the nasal cannula. Mom and Dad said that she looked sooo much better last night at 8pm when they got to see her. We still don't have the results of the CT scan but maybe Mom and Dad can find something out when they get to see her at 10am this morning.

I talked to LaShae this morning and she sounded better. Exausted....but her voice sounded better. Her Surgeon had already been in and said he felt like she could get out of ICU and go to a room. They were waiting on the other 2 Doctors to release her to the floor. She is still on the nasal cannula and her oxygen level was at 91. Her heart rate is still elevated but it is better..it is about 110-113...which is way down from 160 !!! Her blood pressure looks good..so HOPEFULLY today is the day that things will turn around !!!

Update on LaShae

Just a quick update on LaShae. Her appendix ruptured the Doctors think sometime Wednesday. She was prepped for surgery around midnight on Saturday and got out of surgery around 2:20 am Sunday morning. Sunday afternoon she was in a room and her heart rate was sky high around 138 and her oxygen levels were 77...so they moved her to Surgical ICU. Visiting hours in ICU are 10am - 12 pm, 4pm - 6pm, and then 8pm - 10pm then no one can see her until 10 am the next morning. So...Mom and Dad have been staying at LaShae's house in Lubbock and visiting her when they can. In ICU they hooked up a pain pump so that she can administer her own pain medicine when needed and she has been on Oxygen the whole time. Mom called the hospital this morning before shift change and spoke to a nurse who was reading from her chart and said that her pulse rate was down to about 110 and her oxygen level was at 90 and that she would be (HOPEFULLY) moved to a room sometime today. Will try to update again when I know something !!

Visit to Post and Lubbock

Grandad and Sally with LaShae, D'Nae, Rhaeden, Bailey, Maegen and Kayla

Grandad and of course Sally came to Post and then on to Lubbock for a visit this past weekend.

On Saturday he and Mom went to Lubbock to visit with Little Ronnie and Pam. Little Ronnie came in last week and will get to stay home for 3 weeks then he is off to Oklahoma for 4 weeks then to Savannah Georgia to be shipped to Iraq for a year's tour.

On Sunday he was treated to a birthday party for Bailey and Kayla at Mike and Stacy's house. Mike cooked fajitas with all the trimmings and then we had chocolate cake for Bailey and white cake for Kayla.

June 12, 2008

Ronnie had an accident today. He fell and they took him by ambulance to the hospital in Vernon. After x-ray and exam the Dr said his hip wasn't broken just badly bruised. Please keep him lifted up in prayer for fast healing.

Little Ronnie is in Ft Polk, Louisiana preparing to go back to Iraq. I would like to ask everyone for your prayers of protection for him and for his family while he is gone. We were hoping that he would never have to go back there but he will be leaving sometime towards the end of July. This is a difficult time for our family but we are turning this worry over to the Lord.

Daddy is doing very good. We are very blessed for his good health. He is ALL Wilson and does have a stubborn streak a mile long, especially when he does something I don't think he should do. Most of the time he doesn't tell me he has done something that he knows I am going to disapprove of until he has already done it. Can any of you other children relate to my situation.

Cindy

STUBBORN !!

Okay...I KNEW the Wilson's were STUBBORN and HARD HEADED !!! but...come on...I know something has been going on somewhere !!! But...I can't post it because I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT !!!!

I know my MOM has a lot to post (Dad's mission trip to Uraguay)...but...again...she hasn't posted anything either and I even set up her blog...all she has to do is TYPE !!!

Well, I assume everyone is doing well: Grandad ?? Ronnie and Susan ?? Freddie and Debbie ?? Todd and Diana ?? And apparently NOTHING has happened to anyone in the last few weeks.