Yesterday, Kristin was pretty groggy most of the day. I think it was due to having the catheter back in. When she finally got it taken out, she started acting a little more lively. So here's how it works...they took the catheter out of her at 6 pm, being sure to completely drain her bladder before they took it out. Then they tell her she has to pee before 12 midnight or the catheter has to go back in. It was already hard enough for her to pee, much less do it under pressure.
So the race was on. We called a couple of people to say special prayers for her bladder, then we set a schedule for her to try to pee every hour. By the time she had the first urge to go, it was 9 pm. So we had basically 4 trips to the bathroom before time was up. We started getting worried after the first couple trips resulted in an empty toilet. Then finally, by the grace of God, it all started working. From that point on, she was a whole new person. She just acted like she felt soooo much better.
We had the usual busy night last night, except with a few more trips to the bathroom added on top. But it was a good night. The closer it go to this morning, the longer spans she was getting between waking up. I think she had a couple of times where she might have had close to two hours straight of sleep.
The doctor came in this morning and was glad to see that she had pee'd well over the night. He immediately told her she could go home today, whenever she was ready. He answered her questions, wrote a couple prescriptions, then was off on his way. So now, we are waiting on my mom and grandmother to make it out here. They are going to bring us a more comfortable car for Kristin to come home in. Hopefully they'll be here sometime close to noon, maybe 12:30, and then we'll be back off to somewhere familiar.
Thanks to all who have prayed and continue to pray for her recovery!
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Doctor's orders...
Posted by Kristin & Bradley at 6:50 AM
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We just got home from Colorado and I read all of the updates. I have been praying for Kristin everyday. Bradley, you did a great job of updating. You had me laughing and crying. Kristin is so blessed to have you! We love you guys.
I haven't been keeping up with my blogspot comm. and didn't realize her surgery was so soon. However, it has been in the back of my mind. I am so glad to hear Kristin is doing great and I echo the sentiments of the previous comment...Bradley you did do a great job of keeping everyone informed. I will definetly be praying for the both of you, because now you have the recoop time without the nurses, aids, and doctors. God will continue to be there for the both of you. God bless you both.
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