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Jeff Head Update for 4/29/10
4/29/10
| Gail Head
Posted on 04/29/2010 5:31:17 AM PDT by Gail_Head
I have no idea if I'm doing this right, so I hope somebody can fix whatever I mess up. I am so sorry for not posting sooner, but the last couple of days have been a blur. The surgery on Tuesday didn't actually start until noon even though we signed in at 7:30 am and they took Jeff to the OR around 10:30. We got our final report at 10 pm. By 11:00 pm I was able to go to his room in the ICU. He did very well during the surgery. Coming out of the anesthesia was a little difficult and we have spent the last day and a half trying to get him on the right meds that will balance his comfort level with the need to "recover" before the next surgery. Last night was the first time since Monday night that either of us got more than an hour or so of real sleep. You wouldn't think six hours is very much, but at this point it was heaven.
Jeff is doing very well with vitals, breathing, etc. He has not had any food or liquids by mouth and today he will get some ice chips and maybe liquids. He's not too concerned, though, because he doesn't want to have to worry about the prep for tomorrow. The surgery for tomorrow will start at 6:30 am. It is expected to last about 14 hours. I will try to do better getting back to you after this next one.
Thank you all for the tremendous outpouring of prayers, love, and concern. It means a great deal to us to know you are there. Our faith, our family, and our friends have made it possible for us to get this far. I know they will carry us through.
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To: Gail_Head
Prayer bump...
81
posted on
04/29/2010 10:31:39 AM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: Gail_Head
Prayers for Jeff!!!
82
posted on
04/29/2010 1:34:33 PM PDT
by
GregB
(I am a broken glass supporter of Sarah Palin.)
To: All
83
posted on
04/29/2010 1:38:45 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(PALIN/MCCAIN IN 2012 - barf alert? sarc tag? -- can't decide)
To: Gail_Head; Jeff Head; Lazamataz; Texas Termite; .30Carbine; 68 grunt; 8mmMauser; admiralsn; ...
Logan's Prayer Warriors.....
Jeff Head update!
Please reply to Jeff Head and Gail_Head. Thank you.
84
posted on
04/29/2010 1:46:58 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Gail_Head; Jeff Head
Prayers up.
God bless you both.
85
posted on
04/29/2010 1:49:21 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(JUST VOTE THEM OUT! teapartyexpress.org)
To: Jeff Head; Gail_Head
Prayers continue for you, Jeff and Gail, your doctors, and family. 
Fight On!!
86
posted on
04/29/2010 1:50:14 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Gail_Head
Ah Gail....THANK YOU SO MUCH! Ya did great with the post and it is just so good to know that things are finally happening, that the surgeries are in progress and that Jeff is sucking on ice chips and able to understand that the final surgery is almost here.
14 hours is a long time to be in surgery-I am SO GLAD the folks at MD Anderson were able to put Jeff onto the surgery docket and I am SO GLAD that he is in such good hands. The best.
Take care...I bet that 6 hours of rest felt like heaven! I am so glad, so deeply glad, that Jeff has you to look over him and after him. Please tell him how much we miss him at FR and tell him that he is one in a million.
Also-let him know that, as he said, the hardest work for you both lies ahead and we will need to be hearing from you both.
Holding you both up in prayer-Lynn aka Republic
87
posted on
04/29/2010 1:53:46 PM PDT
by
Republic
(Stop the horrific liberals from spending ONE MORE DIME before they destroy our nation.)
To: Gail_Head
Praying for Jeff and you here. Stay strong.
88
posted on
04/29/2010 1:54:39 PM PDT
by
reaganaut
(Ex-mormon, now Christan - "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
To: Gail_Head; Jeff Head
89
posted on
04/29/2010 1:57:13 PM PDT
by
lysie
To: Gail_Head
90
posted on
04/29/2010 2:02:52 PM PDT
by
SwinneySwitch
(They died for liberty, not so that oppression might spring from nearer tyrants. The Whiskey Rebels)
To: Gail_Head
Our prayers are with you and Jeff!
91
posted on
04/29/2010 2:03:33 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: Gail_Head
92
posted on
04/29/2010 2:08:42 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Gail_Head
Gail, you are in my families prayers! We are all praying for you, Jeff, and your family. I pray for God's strength, hope and peace to encompass all of you. And, especially, for God's healing for Jeff.
I spent this afternoon contacting everybody I could think of to pray for all of y'all!
I will also be praying for all y'alls rest!! ;)
93
posted on
04/29/2010 2:09:57 PM PDT
by
exhaustedmomma
(All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should. Samuel Adams)
To: Gail_Head
Prayers up that all goes well with the surgery. Prayers being sent for you both.
94
posted on
04/29/2010 2:10:44 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: Gail_Head
Praying that the second surgery will go as well as the first.
I pray for you, Gail, to get another good night’s sleep.
95
posted on
04/29/2010 2:11:27 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(Regroup, Resist, Reload, Repeat!)
To: Gail_Head
Continued best wishes and prayers from here Gail. We’re pulling for Jeff, and our hearts are with the both of you.
96
posted on
04/29/2010 2:11:35 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Be still & kneel before the know-nothing Omnipotent One, Il Douche' Jr., may fleas be upon him.)
To: Gail_Head
97
posted on
04/29/2010 2:29:50 PM PDT
by
Fawnn
(Fawnn.com and CookingWithPam.com person - Faith makes things possible, not easy.)
To: Gail_Head; Jeff Head
Continuing in bringing you both before the Throne of Grace ... may the God of All Comfort surround you and give you the peace that passes all understanding. +To God be the Glory ... Great things He has done, and continues to do.
98
posted on
04/29/2010 2:37:02 PM PDT
by
Pegita
('Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His word ...)
To: Gail_Head
You’re doing great; excellent post!
You can bet that Jeff will be the most prayed for person in the western hemisphere. We hold him in high esteem.
.
99
posted on
04/29/2010 2:51:58 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
100
posted on
04/29/2010 2:54:01 PM PDT
by
E.G.C.
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