summer is ending

Summer is drawing to a close - well, technically at least - as school is about to start. And this year it certainly seems as if there has been no summer. There is something about a hospital room or rooms that is universal - no weather or season exists in them. You can see the sun occasionally, but temperatures and fresh air are just in your sensory memory. SO... no summer this year. I hope to make fall a lot more enjoyable.

Bud is better- at least in the lab report sense. No more seizures we think, head injury healing, labs improving. We will take it a day at a time now to try to rebuild his strength and hope that he is able to leave here in the not too distant future - on his own speed and ready to embrace all that is waiting for him.

I can't wait.

BACK IN

sigh and more sighs. bud unfortunately took a bad spill outside the home on Thursday - which resulted in many health issues. he is currently back in the hospital in NCU and he is having a rough time. keep him in your thoughts and prayers

BUD IS OUT

Okay - forgot to post - for all of you out there who actually wonder what is going on with Bud - he is OUT OF THE HOSPITAL - and has been out 7 days at the end of the 29th! That is good. After 7 dialysis treatments Bud is doing well and his kidneys are functioning again. Once he regains his youthful figure he says he will be ready to join one and all in fun and games.

Bud diagnosis

I found out that I had the wrong name for what the docs say is the issue for Bud's renal failure. It is not microglobulin - it is Myoglobin. Here is what it says in the textbook: Myoglobin is released from damaged muscle tissue (rhabdomyolysis), which has very high concentrations of myoglobin. The released myoglobin is filtered by the kidneys but is toxic to the renal tubular epithelium and so may cause acute renal failure.<sup>[9]

so now we are in dialysis. please keep bud in your prayers.</sup>

repetition, repetition

SO... back in the hospital yet again - as of Saturday. Seems like the same old thing, but with new faces and a new panorama of thoughts and views. Maybe a changing of the guards is a good thing - a fresh perspective may be just what Bud needs. The food choices haven't changed though - nor has the same old, same old, of hospital routine. BUT there is a slight plus for anyone coming to see him - - - he is in the TOWER this time - much shorter walk from the parking ramp. Bud doesn't reap that benefit, but it is a definite positive for me - and even such a small highlight is still a good thing. But poor old Max....

tball is fun for all of us

they all wait to bat again - can we consider them being patient?

loyal fans watching and cheering on their athletes

hugs for friends on the same team - charley and austin having fun with it all


pretty in pink and loyal to her brother and his game.

and it goes on and on

Today is day 34 for Bud at Sparrow Hospital. Nan was by today - lifted his spirits, as did visits from Sue and Jack and others this past week. But... after she left he tried walking - out of breath and hard to breathe very quickly. More swollen feet and an issue with hemoglobin ... and he is feeling the stress and starting to wonder if he will ever get better.