Saturday, May 7, 2011

Doing better!!

Today is a new day...and a better day!  Dad is off all pain medication excpet for Tylenol, and is off of the sedation!  He is now giving the nurse who won't give him water dirty looks, which is progress! :)  They have the ventilator turned to an "assist"mode.  Meaning, dad tells it when to breathe!  The machine won't kick in and inflate until dad starts to take the breath.  This makes it so he still has a little help, but it makes the muscles around the lung start to get a little streangth. 

This morning they did another bronc test and things looked great!  The lung is nice a clear and all incisions are healing properly.  He is still on a feeding tube, and is frusterated about it!  He is hungry and thirsty, but until he can come completely off the ventilator, they won't let him eat or drink.  David Max is heading to Boston today to stay the weekend, and told dad he would bring him a baconator from Wendy's if he was ready to breathe when he got there!  Sounds like good bribery to me! :)

The plan for this afternoon is to get him up for a walk!  That will be a HUGE step!  They are hoping to have him out of the ICU in a few days. 

I am so very proud of my dad and the progress that he has made!  He has been through more in the last 3 months than anyone deserves!  Hang in there dad!  You are doing awsome! 

Feel free to leave comments here on the blog!  Dad will read them and it will help his recovery to hear from all of you! :)

5 comments:

  1. YAY! I'm so glad to hear that he is doing better. Maybe he should try flirting with that nurse to get what he wants - maybe only when Barbara has left the room though!;)

    LOVE YOU UNCLE DAVE!!! GET BETTER, WE MISS YOU!

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  2. thats awesome that he is recovering well! sounds like the same old feisty brother hathaway that i know! hope he heals quickly.

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  3. WOW, I can't believe how great things are going today. Thank you so much Melissa for keeping things up to date so we don't have to drive Barbara crazy, and thank you Barbara for hanging in there and being there for Dave. I love the blog and the pictures. Dave if you get to read this, we love you so so so much and are so happy that you are finally heading in the right direction. I'm sorry that your nurse is being so mean, but I'm afraid your just going to have to follow orders and do whatever you are told. It feels kind of good though to hear that your feeling good enough to be a little annoyed.

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  4. hello how are you, love ya much, jo anne

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  5. Okay, because I am such an iliterate at this computer I have sent this post three times and three times is a charm, cause after Ardis and Kent talked me through it I got the first short one to go, this is coming to you-all with all my love, and to let you know how very much we want the best for you and can hardly wait till we see you face to face.I am ever so grateful to Barbara and Melissa for doing all they have done to keep us updated on everything. You are all so far away, it makes us feel out of the loop, so I just want them to know how much this has meant to all of us, okay, okay, enough, Tucker sends his best also, talk to you again tomorrow. Love you ever so much Jo anne

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