ROUGH NIGHT

I talked with Terry Joe a little while ago and he said Delight had a rough night last night. She had to have her lung drain again about 11:30. They got almost a liter of fluid off. Earlier in the evening she had started coughing and wheezing again so they contacted the doctor. She got scared again but seems to be a little calmer this morning. The doctor was confident that the lung filling up would slow down soon. All of her vital sign were still good.
I'm hoping Terry Joe will have time later to day to post again.

Kaye

Delight Still Improving

I am in the ICU room with my lovely wife. The hospital has free wireless for patients and their families. Isn't technology wonderful, even for a dinosaur like me. Delight is still feeling better, she has had a little nausea and had to take some pain meds but nothing unusual. Jen came back by with Little Joe and they let him in for a few minutes to see his "MiMi. I think that lifted her spirits some too. Anyway, we are waiting for the Dr. to come back by, maybe he will this afternoon or this evening. Delight is watching her soap operas and catnapping and in between trying to keep me in line. All of you take care and thanks again for keeping us in your prayers.

TERRY JOE'S COMMENT

Terry Joe could not remember his password to post on the blog. He wanted me to tell everyone to read his COMMENT under Long Rough Day Tuesday. I even been talking to Delight!! I can not believe how good she sounded. She had biscuits & gravy this morning!! This is a answer to prayer. I believe it's a miracle.

Kaye

LONG ROUGH DAY TUESDAY

Delight was put into ICU Monday afternoon. Tonya & I decided to go to Dallas as soon as we heard the news. When we arrived Terry Joe and Dewayne Brown were sitting outside waiting for ICU visiting hours at 8:00pm. Jennifer got to the hospital about the same time we did. Thanks Dewayne for taking Terry Joe a charger, eating and visiting with him. We visited with Delight for a short period Monday night. She wanted us to stay so we stayed in their room that they had the night before. Terry Joe and Jennifer stayed with Delight at the hospital. Delight had a rough night. She did not sleep. She was very anxious. She wanted to be able to see someone all the time. Tuesday morning when we were able to get back in to see her she really looked bad. She was struggling so hard to breathe. Sometimes her whole body would shake when she tried to take a breath. It was really scary watching her struggle so. She kept her eyes closed most of the day....but she was hearing every word we were saying in the room!! Tonya & I were talking to the nurse and we were telling her some story and Delight corrected us on something we told her. I said we better not be talking about her because she is listening to everything that we were saying!!! Delight was so scared. One of us had to be touching her at all times. She did not want Terry Joe out of her sight. He was able to slip off to take a shower and rest a little bit while we stayed with her but after he was gone a while she asked us to call him to come back. Jennifer left also to rest and take a shower. Once in a while she would ask for a drink. They brought her lunch in and she ate 3 little bites of Jello and a couple of drinks of tea. We guess it was the Jello that made her nauseous. They finally gave her something for that. Her vital signs were much improve yesterday from the day before. About 3:00 yesterday afternoon one of her doctors came in and said that the blood work showed she had a kidney infection that had got in her blood. They put her on some high powered antibodics and numerous other bags of something?? Anyway that was good news to have an answer. That still did not make her feel any better...because she was just feeling and struggling so bad. The doctor was really incouraging. 4 or 5 more days in ICU and then a few days in a regular room and she would be good to go. It did not seem like any big deal to him. We told her goodbye because Marion, Darlene and Walter were soon to be at the hospital. When they arrived around 4:00 Tonya & I left not really wanting to but felt like we should.
We talked to Terry Joe this morning and he said that the lung doctor drained a liter and a half of fluid off of her right lung. They have been pumping so many fluids into her that it caused her lung to fill back up quickly. She just had it drained on Saturday. After he drained that lung she IMMEDIATELY got some relief and has been feeling better ever since. He said she feels a LOT better this morning. She is sitting up a little is drinking some. So that is GREAT news. He said that she was not out of the woods yet though.
Yesterday several times she would ask us to pray for her. We would tell her how many people were praying for her and that seemed to help her. Please continue to pray for her and her family. When I hear anything else I will post.

IMPROVED

Just a quick note Terry Joe called about 8:45pm Tuesday night and said that Delight was must improved. The lung doctor had drained her lung and her breathing had become much easier. She was not as anxious as she had been all day. I will blog more later today when I get caught up on a little work.

Kaye

NO CHEMO TODAY

Delight did not start her chemo today. She was so weak this morning that Terry Joe took her down to the emergency room. Her blood pressure was so low. 60 over something he could not remember. Her oxygen level was very low, too. She has had 3 bags of I V fluid and her pressure is up to 90/60. They are going to admit her to the hospital sometime this afternoon for some more testing. He could not talk very long because they forgot their phone chargers and he just had a little charge left on his phone. They ended up going to Dallas Saturday afternoon because she got to where she could barely breath. She had to go get her lung drained. When she called me Saturday afternoon she sounded really like she could not breath. She could barely talk. When I hear anything else I will post.

Kaye

FEELING BETTER

Tonya & I took Delight some delicious lasagna for lunch today. Mama Mia Burwell had made lasagna for a fund raiser at the bank...Wendy is going on a mission trip to China. Delight ate 4 or 5 bites and she was full. She thought she might eat some more later. When we got to the house she was sitting on the couch. She looked really good but she said that she was sleepy. We watched The Young & Restless with her and then we left her to sleep.

We are suppose to go to First Baptist to hear Beth Moore tonight. She said earlier that she was going. Maybe she can. I think it will be encouraging to her. Something uplifting. Everyone needs some encouragement at some point in their life. I need it every day!

Please continue your prayers for the Eidson family.

Kaye