So I got to talk to my dad today during my lunch and he had a little bit of updates on my Grandma. They have now discovered she has a blood disease and are trying to treat it now as well as still pumping her full of sodium and potassium. Yesterday they tried to get her out of bed and walk without oxygen. As soon as they took the oxygen off, her sats dropped to 96% and when she started walking in which she took maybe 10 steps she dropped down to 87%. Their hospital does not like it to drop below 90%. I the few places I have worked and done my clinicals, they do not like it to drop below 92-94%, so either way, it was not good. Due to her COPD her lungs are hard and can not expand to get a good breath even with the oxygen, so she is gasping and not able to take a good big breath to "catch" her breath. So she will most likely be on oxygen from now on. She may get to leave the hospital depending on the results of the latest blood test. However, when she does leave she will go to a nursing home in that they can try to do a bit of rehab to try to get some strength back and give her her medications for the blood disease. My grandfather is not able to lift and tug on her as she can not do anything by herself at this point, so she will be there for this help and hopefully go home at some point. So please just continue to pray for her and her hubby and the rest of the family during this time...we sure would appreciate it.
And here is another pic of Kerrick tonight. The past few days he has wanted to sit at the high top table, I guess to feel like a big boy. Tonight he wanted to put my sunglasses on which he thinks is too funny. And he is now finally saying I Love You....he has been saying it at school but would never say it to anyone outside of school. So he said it the other night to me and to Gramm's on the phone. Too Cute!!
And on a Praise Note....we are down to an hourly count for Jason to get home!! WOOOHOOOO!!
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