Dan Has A Good Evening

Yesterday was both a really bad day and a really good day! Daniel had not slept for 4 days, being ridden by these spasms and favor. His body had filled with fluid at an alarming rate and there was the threat of having to go onto dialysis hanging over us. His pain was not being managed well and there was a different doctor running the show every day. To top it all off we were very scared. This was the climate for the first part of the day. After some venting and complaining things seemed to change. Dan had gone for a procedure that turned out to be very misleading, but when he came back he had two close friends come to visit. Within and hour or so he had 5 friends in his room, the hospital sent up sandwiches, cake and coffee and we felt like we were in the party room. Daniel's spirits were raised and he actually looked the best that I have seen him look since this all started.
As you can see he has his own private surgeon, with questionable qualifications? I would like to say a special thanks for yesterday to Shirley for being there through all this. She has snuck in as often as she could, Mary and Rick for coming to see Dan as soon as they got back from their trip to Ireland, jet lag and all, Donna, for coming over as soon as she returned from Israel and crazy Nick who made Dan smile.
Friday June 13, 2008 - 01:57pm (EDT)