Hi All,
So much to report on. Right now I am sitting in the hospital room with Steve. I brought him to the Emergency Room 3 days ago and learned he has pneumonia. Since being here there have been some additional problems, one being atrial fibrillation. Thankfully the care here at LCOM is phenomenal. He has been given breathing treatments, antibiotics, heart med's; all to help him get well.
Last night was pretty bad for him though. He is so sleep deprived, that the first night after taking the steroids (last night) was made worse being here. I think he got 1 hour of sleep. When I arrived here this morning he was in a lot of pain, delusional, and extremely agitated. So I have been doing everything I can to keep his room quiet and him calm so he can get some sleep.
He was scheduled to take a "respiratory walk" to see if he was ready to go home. But after getting here, I told them no way. He needs to feel better and think clearly before he starts walking around the ward. Prayerfully he will get over the tiredness and feel much better tomorrow so he can pass the "respiratory walk" and then come home, even with the oxygen.
Before the pneumonia Steve had been dealing with postherpetic neuralgia (shingles pain) and edema that comes and goes. It took 6 visits to the doctors before he was put on a pain medicine strong enough to stop the pain attacks in his head. Now there is just a chronic burning pain that diminishes with the medicine......we are hoping the pain will be completely gone soon. It's already been 3 months.
His last myeloma test revealed a lower M-spike....so we now know the lower dose of pomalidomide is working! Praise the Lord.
As always please pray for our friends.....
Julie, Cheryl, Natalie, Peanut, Doris and Jim.
And keep looking to the Lord for everything. He is a gracious and loving Father.
Mrs. L.
