Posted on 04/09/2006 2:48:53 PM PDT by trussell
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Good news. Prayers continue.
Thank you!
In this case it was an Iranian nurse who came to help her get the bed and pain sorted out this morning. LOM looked up at her and started telling her about what hurt and where, in Farsi. Needless to say the Iranian nurse was amazed...
But while I was there the nurse was wrestling with how to communicate with the non-English-speaking Honduran in the next room over meals, etc. Writing down phrases didn't seem like it was going to work very well, so I suggested that the nurse call LOM's room from his room, give him the phone, then go to LOM's room and let LOM be the translator. (I am assuming the hospital would not have a translator available at the hour in question.) Will hear later how that worked out...
Prayers for healing continue.
More prayers for both of you, sionnsar. Thanks for the updates.
That is an amazing skill.
Quite a story.
My prayers for the 2 of you continue.
Sometime the Mystery of Gods working can be very hard.
What a neat wife to have!
You are truly a lucky guy, sion, and I am envious of your language abilities, LOM. I'm lucky some days if I can speak understable, sensible American English!
My best to you, LOM in a speedy recovery
She has signed the admission for for the rehab unit. No word yet on when she moves, nor what her rehab schedule is going to be.
She was moved to the rehab unit yesterday. The physical therapist came and in an interview set the goals to be met for discharge. There will be three intensive one-hour sessions each day, and the team meets Tuesdays and Fridays to discuss patients' progress. There is no set discharge date.
The two big issues are the weakness in the legs and the "drop foot." The good sign is the returning sensation in the legs as the inflammation from the syndrome recedes; this hints at a quicker recovery. The big unknown is the "drop foot", but the therapy will be working on that. Apparently the nervous system can "re-route" past damaged nerves if necessary, though this is not guaranteed. We will just have to wait and see.
A fellow parishioner's son had this, and I am warned that full recovery will take many weeks.
I have been away over Easter and just got back, I will say a prayer for your wife.
She is recovering fairly well now, but is in a lot of pain.
Just got home from visiting LibreOuMort in the hospital. "We're in uncharted territory now," said the doctor -- and that's a good thing!
As I think I noted earlier, this is apparently the earliest diagnosis ever of Guillaum-Barre Syndrome the doctors have seen. The pattern described to us a week ago, as she was getting the first of five (once a day) infusions of gamma globulin, was that she'd have two days of relatively little change, then two weeks during which things would get worse, followed by two weeks to return back to where things were, followed by a long recovery period.
One week out, this is not what's happening. Two days after the infusions began she began to regain a little sensation in portions of her lower legs (particularly the right). A hopeful sign, but too little to pin much on.
Progress after that seemed slow, in part due to all the pain. Some of the pain is actually a result of the pain medication -- it causes constipation, which is resulting in painful conditions making it difficult to sit or walk. But the staff are working on that issue, and hopefully in a day or two it will be history so the aggressive program of occupational and physical therapy can proceed at its full pace.
Yesterday, in bed, she was able to lift both legs up and more sensation had returned.
Today the "pins & needles" feeling has receded and sensation returned on both legs, almost completely on the left.
But more than that, she is able to "lift" the left foot (rotate the toes up toward the knee) some, and the right foot just the tiniest visible amount. Coming this soon, anything is an excellent sign!
She is just one week out from the beginning of treatment (three days after its conclusion), and we have been hearing stories of recoveries taking six months to a year. But now the doctors are seeing what an early diagnosis can accomplish.
Thank you all for your prayers -- but please keep them coming. She has a ways still to go.
prayer bump
Prayed.
Just saw this, friend. Prayers go up!
Bless you!
Prayers from CA for Mrs. sionnsar!
Thanks for the update, sionnsar. I will still continue to pray for your wife.
I'm so glad that there is good news. Catching anything early is marvelous but with the "usual" prognosis for this one, it must be especially good. I'm praying for a full and complete recovery.
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