Comments on: Saturday Pt 2

By: The Bosphorus

The Bosphorus — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:28:26 +0000

I’m glad to hear you slept well last night. You need that. It’s good. Sleep.

By: AT

AT — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:33:03 +0000

Dude, and maybe thats part of the reason I feel good. I feel loads better. I’m eating the rest of that republican cake you got, and drinking my java, and 28 minutes to go!

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:44:22 +0000

??Republican cake??? What’s that? Cake that makes you big as an elephant?

By: Robbin

Robbin — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:45:00 +0000

I hope there’s good news waiting after that CT scan. We’ll be waiting to hear.

You must be getting our rain today - it fell last night in Arkansas. Nice to go to sleep to.

By: Tessa

Tessa — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:12:43 +0000

AT–

I’m MIA most of today. Bday party full of 7 year olds to go to. (OMG do you have any IDEA how much pink stuff is out there for 7 year old girls??? Woot! lol) Know I’m thinking of y’all and praying still. I’m SO glad you’re taking care of YOURSELF a little more. It’ll be necessary to get you through in one piece :) But… eat something better than a republician cake please? lol

By: GBscientist

GBscientist — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:13:58 +0000

Here’s a rather inimpressive ‘it could be worse’. A hand without fingers is hard to work with and a foot without toes is hard to walk on, but the hand is still a hand and the foot is still a foot. Amputation will leave all the nerve endings and blood vessels cut cleanly, so prosthetics or transplants may, theoretically, be possible.

By: NOF

NOF — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:40:23 +0000

Oh my gosh, did I miss something somewhere? AT, did she have to have her fingers and toes amputated? man… I’m at a loss here. But GB says the facts too. and these days they can rig it so that all she has to do is THINK about moving them - and they move! science is amazing. prayers still a flowin’…

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:53:24 +0000

No, NOF, not yet.
Its OK, theres reams of stuff I’ve written, and you have to dig through miles of pathos to get to the facts.
Deal is, on her right hand (she’s left handed), she’s going to almost certainly lose the ends of three of her fingers. Just no circulation in them.
Her toes, theres more hope for, but there probably is dead tissue that’ll have to go.
She WILL need skin grafts on a few parts of her hands and arms. Her skin just kinda melted at some places, like where the cuff was, where lines had to go in, etc.
Mostly its because the pressors made sure that circulation took care of the organs first, and extremities second. I’ll totally take a BJ with a liver than a BJ with fingernails.

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:54:41 +0000

Also, I am totally into the idea of biological robotics, and now I’ll do whatever I can to make sure that she’s got whatever the best thing available is, because I love gadgets.
If it works well enough, I may have finger replacement done too!

By: DebbieS

DebbieS — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:55:17 +0000

AT, don’t worry too much about what she’ll remember. My mom was on a vent for a week and when she woke up, she was so drugged that she spelled out on the alphabet board that there was no TV in her room b/c they wanted to charge $30 a day for it. Not so…and while she was conscious with the vent still in, she was well enough to watch FoodTV (of all things) and write down recipes for when she had it removed and could eat again. Then, after they removed it, voila’, almost no memory at all from the vent. GAC will be weak, but she’s young, and the physical therapy is wonderful.

A small suggestion for when GAC wakes up…a small, portable DVD player and a stack of funny movies. Did my mom a world of good.

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:57:12 +0000

Thats a great idea! She’s a movie gal, where I’m more a music boy.

By: The Bosphorus

The Bosphorus — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:19:41 +0000

We’ve got the Shins playing here. Good music.

By: Kelvis92

Kelvis92 — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:25:25 +0000

Speaking of music…have you played any music for her? When my sister in law was in a coma, we had a little cd player in her room with all her favorite cd’s. While there was no miraculous moment where she woke up singing “Little Red Corvette” she did seem to respond to the tunes. Music is such a huge part of your lives and it might just be able to reach a part of her brain that normal conversation can’t. I’m no neurologist, nor do I play one on tv, but I do seem to remember reading something about how the brain stores memories of sounds in a different way or place than memories of events or facts. Anyway, just a thought. The music might help open a different door than just talking to her or holding her. But then, I’m sure you have already thought of that.

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:28:12 +0000

Yes, I have. I was kinda waiting for her body to start getting over the infection and stuff, before I start using music to wake her. I mean, I kinda don’t want to wake her up yet, because it doesn’t feel quite time yet.
Man, that makes no sense. Still tho, I have Bos and Eaves ipod and speaker on reserve if we need it, loaded up with a bunch of her favorite music.

By: Kelvis92

Kelvis92 — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:38:48 +0000

Mmmmmm iPod. My iPod is my antidepressant! I wonder if I could write off my downloads as medical expenses?

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:42:54 +0000

Say… if you can, lemme know how, and since the insurance is picking up so much of the tab here, mebbe I can squeeze in one myself…

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:03:07 +0000

Bionic fingernails? Who knew?

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:46:22 +0000

Inspector Gadget, dude.

By: dennis

dennis — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:15:53 +0000

Praying total healing and restoration for your wife in the Holy Ghost power of the name of Jesus with the cleansing blood of Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Humbleservant3

Dennis