No big events the past 24 hours. Occasional fever keeps being an issue. The antibiotic, Bactrim, is not responding to the mystery lung bacteria confirmed as Nocardia, so the pharmacy will come up with something else. He’s been given a bit of insulin a couple times when his blood sugar gets too high.
Dr looked at the wall of pictures and commented he is glad we are all here for him.Tomorrow is still the plan to go to the step down unit in Tower 2. Seth has made such great progress while he’s been here and we are ready to help him move on to the next step!
On the morning of the accident, 4/3, one of our church members also ended up in a different hospital due to previous falls and brain injury. Over the following days, his wife and I were texting because our “men” were in the ICU, or intubated or awaiting CT scans at the same time. Even though our situations were different, there was comfort and encouragement between us since we both knew how we were feeling. Denny passed away on 4/21 and his funeral was yesterday. The sermon was about Denny being amongst all the others that went before him rejoicing around the throne of God. The final hymn was “Go, My Children, with My Blessing” -which is such a God thing because I was going to make a post about this specific hymn.
I’m one of those moms that saved A LOT of art work from my kids’ elementary school days. I can’t remember how long this one has been hanging on my pantry door but it has been there a long time! It must have been a memory work assignment of Seths (you’ll notice his initials in the corner).
It’s a comfort to me that Denny and Seth and all of us are given this same promise: Go, my children, with my blessing, Never alone.Waking, sleeping, I am with you; You are my own. In my love’s baptismal river. I have made you mine forever. Go, my children, with my blessing – You are my own.
-Darcy
PS, For those that remember my post about sweatshirts needed for the 9th floor patients, Denny’s wife gave us his sweatshirts to be of good use to others. ❤️
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