2 In The Hospital

We'll I get one home from the hospital and another goes in! My mom had to be rushed to the hospital on Monday night. When it rains it pours on me for some reason! She is home with us for now, don't know how long she will need to be here! BUT on that note! Kristina is getting married on May 22nd so now planning a wedding! Garrett will be graduating from A school on May 14th, come home May 15th and the wedding will be the 22nd of May. But in the meantime, Micheal, Butch and Jackie's son is getting married on April 24th! Man, lots to do! T is doing better now that he has the oxygen at night while he sleeps. We are still giving the lovenox shots and hopefully that will end soon. When the weather gets warmer he'll be itching to go fishing! In the meantime, he's playing with the studio downstairs to keep him busy. Hope next week will be better! I'm staying pretty busy at work too! Alan, my brother, is in Vancouver helping provide transportation for the olympics and I am working with that too besides our own bus transportation business here in Birmingham. Just pray that I can handle all that is on my plate! Sorry to give such a bad report but like I said hopefully next week will be better! God Bless You All! Hugs and kisses! Alyce

Home from The Hospital

We got home around 6pm this evening. We had oxygen delivered to our home for him to have at night while he is sleeping and when he needs it. Dr. Salzman told him that the medicine, Dapsone, was most likely the cause of him to have low blood pressure. Its in the blood disease family and is only treated two ways and giving oxygen is one of them. So he is off that medicine and on another. We are SOSOSOSO ready to be off these meds!!!!! He is feeling better and that is the important thing! He has photopheresis tomorrow early in the morning!!! He is going to ride in with Kristina and I will pick him up and bring him home. He is VERY happy to be at home. Karen was sweet and posted what was going on for me, thanks SIS!!!!! I was hoping he would get to come off the rest of the immune suppression medicine this week, but so much for hoping! PLEASE PRAY this goes away from his blood system or he will be going in and out to get fluids ALOT! His blood pressure is something that can't be played with or messed up! I am tired, can you tell???? Hugs and kisses to you all! God Bless You All! Alyce

PRAYERS NEEDED

Hi friends and family, This is Karen posting today. Alyce asked me to let you know about Terry and ask all you prayer warriors to be praying for him a little harder today. He started feeling worse on Saturday and was a little light headed. On Sunday he had a sore throat and low blood pressure so Alyce took him to the BMTU. His blood pressure and oxygen level were dangerously low so they admitted him into the hospital. They have been pumping the fluids and antibiotics intravenously and kept him up last night giving him breathing treatments. His levels this morning were BP 100/44 and Oxygen level low 90's. That is still too low but much better than yesterday. His immune system is still weak and the stress of the funeral and close exposure to so many certainly did not help. They never know what kind of "bug" he might pick up that will set him back. He wants so badly to have a "normal" life. When you are lifting Terry in prayer today, please remember Alyce too. She is such an angel and takes such good care of him. Hugs and kisses and God's blessings on you all, Karen