Well, it isn't all a happy story, but yes, my little family is all back together tonight. As you know if you keep up with my blog, my husband left last Friday to go hunting in Alabama. He was scheduled to come back on the 31st. So Rebel and I packed up and went to my momma's.
Something I am not sure if anyone was aware of is the fact that my father in law has been in the hospital for over a week (went in Sunday before last). He was having bad swelling in his legs, and his congestive heart failure (fluid around heart/lungs) was coming out some. Early Tuesday morning his CO2 levels sky rocketed (145, normal is around 30) and his oxygen bottomed out. They quickly put him into ICU and was monitoring him very closely. I left work to go be with Amanda and my mother in law. We waited, there were a couple times they had trouble rousing him out of sleep (no he was not on any meds to cause this), and we waited, and they finally decided to put him on a ventilator. He wasn't too keen on the idea, but he did decide to do it. The doctors were hoping that would take enough stress off of his body (trying to breathe and get oxygen everywhere it was needed) long enough to heal. I called Ken to tell him that his dad was now in critical care and updated him. He immediately came out of the tree to come home.
Today I went back to work and Ken stayed with his family. Pops (my father in law) blood gas level is much better, so they are going to attempt to wean him off the ventilation system tomorrow. They have to do it slowly to make sure he is breathing properly on his own. If he isn't they will have to put him back under and keep trying until he is.
So even though I get to lay in bed with my husband (and puppy dog) tonight and that I am grateful for, we are in dire need of your prayers for strength (those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength) and healing in Pops' body.
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