Thursday, July 31, 2008

Today was a better day..

Seth and I just returned home from the hospital. Each day, Mom seems to handle things a little better. She still tends to be a little sad, but she has a constant flow of company to keep her feeling a little better. Today, Aunt June, Grandma Brumley, & Aunt Teresa were there with her. Grandma is such a ham.. her and that cellular device of hers!! Also, June's granddaughter, Brittney, and my little Seth, have fallen "in-love". Don't freak out and think bad things of us.. Bobby isn't our blood father!! lol.. Seth and Brittney are quite a site and she is just a bit more relaxed about things than Seth is! Seth walked around with a red face all afternoon!
Anyway.. Bobby looks the same. He is resting well and actually looks better than I have seen him look in the past two weeks. The ventilator was breathing for him 100%, but this morning it is down to 90%. Please pray that it will continue to come on down. They have finally figured out what is causing this. Bobby has ARDS ( acute respitory distress syndrome). The question now is what caused the infection. They are treating him with four different kinds of antibiotics, so hopefully they will do their job.
Please keep praying for a miracle. Thanks so much!

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

I just talked to Mom. She said nothing has really changed since last night, but his blood gases are up. They took some x-rays this morning and we should know something by noon. Keep praying!
Thanks :)

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Just to catch you up...

As most of you know, Bobby has been in ICU for the past week. Last Sunday, when Mom came home from church, Bobby was on the couch coughing up blood. She drove him to Great River Medical Center in Blytheville and they told her that he had developed pneumonia. They put him in ICU that night, and on Monday afternoon, they moved him to a regular room. Later that night, his oxygen levels pretty much bottomed out, so they moved him to ICU again. On Tuesday morning, they moved him to St. Bernards in Jonesboro.
We all went over and we were all pretty upset. They put him on oxygen and it was really hard seeing him lay there like that. The force of the oxygen was causing his body to sort of jerk and it was a very scary sight. Things were the same for the next couple of days. They were giving him three different kinds of antibiotics for the three different types of pneumonia. On Sunday afternoon, Bobby coded. They then put him on life support and he is still on it. As of this afternoon, he is stable. They have sedated him, because when he wakes up, he tries to remove the tubes and gets upset. As much as we would love for him to set up and talk to us, we know that he is better off being sedated. That way he can get all the rest he needs and will hopefully get moved to a private room out of the ICU.

We have had so many visitors this week. Thanks so much for the prayers, visits, and phone calls. I hope that this blog will make it easier for everyone to keep in touch with us! I also want him to see just how much everyone loves him and I am looking forward to him reading your comments!
Please continue to pray for Bobby.
Thanks so much!