It feels good to be home! We got home at about 4:00, after an eye appointment. They said that there are minimal lesions on his cornea so we need to watch those, but it's nothing to be really concerned about. Adam has switched to all oral medications, and I think it's a lot easier to get comfortable without an iv in his arm. He has follow up appointments scheduled in the next week to make sure all the inflamation is going down in his eye. He is supposed to rest for a few days at home, but should be back to work by the end of the week or Monday at the latest.
Brevin and Jaeley spent the weekend in Osage with Nana and Papa, and then got to spend the day today out at the Sponheim farm with Bunita. Grandma Ellen brought them back home tonight. We let them know that Daddy was in the hospital over the weekend and Brevin was a little alarmed, but then just had a lot of questions. "Did Daddy have to have a shot?" "What does the hospital look like?" "Did he get to eat candy there?" All the important stuff;)
It's hard to not take health for granted when we're feeling well. It's something that you never think about until a shock like this happens. I won't soon forget to thank God for healing Adam and for our family's good health!
Monday, October 25, 2010
GOING HOME!
They just came in and said we're going home! We're supposed to go straight to Wolfe Clinic to have Dr. Suh check his eye, and then we'll be heading back to our house:)
The team of doctors that came in was the funniest thing I ever saw. Had to turn on the fan because Adam started sweating with 16 eyes focused on him.
IV is officially out...Praise God!!
The team of doctors that came in was the funniest thing I ever saw. Had to turn on the fan because Adam started sweating with 16 eyes focused on him.
IV is officially out...Praise God!!
Monday update
Adam put in a good night and did get some sleep again. He hasn't used any morphine since last night at 8:00 p.m., so that is awesome news! The shingles look like they're drying up and swelling has gone down.
Two docs have come in this morning so far: one said that he would not go home til tomorrow, and one said today! Let's hope for today:) They said that a team of docs consisting of attendings, residents, and med students would be coming in to take pictures of his poor face and talk about him so that will be.....weird.
Two docs have come in this morning so far: one said that he would not go home til tomorrow, and one said today! Let's hope for today:) They said that a team of docs consisting of attendings, residents, and med students would be coming in to take pictures of his poor face and talk about him so that will be.....weird.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
One more night
Late update, but Adam was not released today. They are happy with the progress he is making on the iv anti-viral medication and were not ready to take him off of that. Also, it's easier for him to see all the doctors involved if he stays here. I think there is a good chance that he will get to go home tomorrow, either with Home Health coming to our house to continue the iv meds or if he's REALLY lucky he'll be on oral medication by that time:) One of the things they are monitoring closely is the fact that the shingles did affect his cornea. They don't seem overly concerned-but want to keep an eye on it (no pun intended.)
They are still wracking their brains trying to figure out how this happened to a healthy 33 year-old. I'm so glad that Adam can talk for himself now- so he can answer the same questions over and over every time someone new comes in:) We have been told that since his case is a first, it will be reported and published in a medical journal....not the way you want to gain celebrity!
We feel so blessed that only 3 days ago he was completely incapacitated by pain and has healed so much. Still praying that the shingles run its course quickly and that there will be no scar tissue to deal with.
They are still wracking their brains trying to figure out how this happened to a healthy 33 year-old. I'm so glad that Adam can talk for himself now- so he can answer the same questions over and over every time someone new comes in:) We have been told that since his case is a first, it will be reported and published in a medical journal....not the way you want to gain celebrity!
We feel so blessed that only 3 days ago he was completely incapacitated by pain and has healed so much. Still praying that the shingles run its course quickly and that there will be no scar tissue to deal with.
Thanks
Adam is still sleeping...yay! So I wanted to take the chance to thank everybody who has prayed, texted, emailed, called, or offered to help. When Adam couldn't read or handle his phone, I was reading the texts to him and I know it was a boost to know that people care:) I don't know what we would do without the help we've had with the kids-you know who you are-THANK YOU! It's such a relief to know that they don't skip beat to have someone else who loves them take care of them. They know that Adam hasn't felt well, but don't know that he's in the hospital- it would worry them a lot, and then they would want to come and see him...and it's just not the place for them to be. We don't need them to catch anything!
Saturday night
The good news is that Adam got some sleep last night, I think. The nurses just came in to draw labs and do meds and then I got up for the day, but Adam was able to go back to sleep so that was good. We requested a sleeping pill last night so I think that helped...hard to get comfortable when you're 6'6" in a hospital bed and you have an iv in your arm!
He was having some pain this morning before I came out to the lobby-and I noticed that the right side of his face is more swollen than yesterday. In the night he got out of bed and got so cold that they had to bring in heated blankets and give him an anti-nausea medication.
We'll be anxious to talk to the doctors this morning about how they think things are going...one of them said we might get out today, but the other one said Monday. Yesterday was such a good day but after last night I can see why they might want to monitor him longer.
We feel blessed that God has put a team together to take care of Adam's eye and Adam has thanked him multiple times for the person who invented morphine:) (His quote after we left the emergency room early Friday morning was "That.was.AWESOME." -talking about the morphine. We're praying that God will continue to help him bare the pain and that his eye will heal quickly.
He was having some pain this morning before I came out to the lobby-and I noticed that the right side of his face is more swollen than yesterday. In the night he got out of bed and got so cold that they had to bring in heated blankets and give him an anti-nausea medication.
We'll be anxious to talk to the doctors this morning about how they think things are going...one of them said we might get out today, but the other one said Monday. Yesterday was such a good day but after last night I can see why they might want to monitor him longer.
We feel blessed that God has put a team together to take care of Adam's eye and Adam has thanked him multiple times for the person who invented morphine:) (His quote after we left the emergency room early Friday morning was "That.was.AWESOME." -talking about the morphine. We're praying that God will continue to help him bare the pain and that his eye will heal quickly.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Adam in the hospital
It's a bummer that I'm finally updating the blog for the first time in two months with that subject:(
Adam was admitted to the hospital yesterday afternoon after being diagnosed with two different ailments: shingles of the eye and pseudotumor oculi (or idiopathic orbital inflammatory syndrome.) Yes, that's the language we're speaking now after a week of hearing doctors use those terms and others like them! Here it is in layman terms: chicken pox in his eye, and inflamed eye muscles that are squeezing his eyeball. Both cause excruciating pain and the poor guy has them on top of each other.
The opthamologist said that not only has he never seen these two conditions together, but that it may be THE first time it's ever happened. Because of that, they wanted a more a team approach to try to decide how to treat him, since the steroids used to treat the pseudotumor could make the shingles worse. In addition his pain was completely unmanageable at home and he needed to be on a morphine iv for any relief.
No word on why this occurred- seems to be a freak thing; since he is otherwise completely healthy.
So far he is responding well to iv meds and is doing so much better than yesterday (or the 4 days before that!) If he keeps improving we'll be released tomorrow.
Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!
Adam was admitted to the hospital yesterday afternoon after being diagnosed with two different ailments: shingles of the eye and pseudotumor oculi (or idiopathic orbital inflammatory syndrome.) Yes, that's the language we're speaking now after a week of hearing doctors use those terms and others like them! Here it is in layman terms: chicken pox in his eye, and inflamed eye muscles that are squeezing his eyeball. Both cause excruciating pain and the poor guy has them on top of each other.
The opthamologist said that not only has he never seen these two conditions together, but that it may be THE first time it's ever happened. Because of that, they wanted a more a team approach to try to decide how to treat him, since the steroids used to treat the pseudotumor could make the shingles worse. In addition his pain was completely unmanageable at home and he needed to be on a morphine iv for any relief.
No word on why this occurred- seems to be a freak thing; since he is otherwise completely healthy.
So far he is responding well to iv meds and is doing so much better than yesterday (or the 4 days before that!) If he keeps improving we'll be released tomorrow.
Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!
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