Friday, August 14

Guess it's back to me updating the blog this time. John had a bit of a bad time this week. He fell Wednesday morning, trying to get up early to head to Monticello with me. Unfortunately he hurt his shoulder blade area pretty badly, and was pretty woozy for most of the morning. The dresser took the brunt of it, and we now owe Zach and Jen a new ceramic knob that John shattered and bent up in his fall. Since he continued to feel badly and was not very quick in his responses to me, I took his blood pressure which was a whopping 55/38, awfully low. It crept up a little after that, but bottom line we ended up taking him by ambulance to Emory. After 9 hours in the ER hallway, xrays, bloodwork, and some fluids since he had actually gotten a little dehydrated, they finally got him a room around midnight. Being on the transplant list and because of the IV medicines that he takes by pump all the time, there are only a few places in the hospital that they wanted him admitted to so we had to wait for a room. The good news is that we got to bring him home last night so he didn't have to stay there very long. A few slight changes to his medicines again, and we'll see how it goes. I'm just glad he didn't hit his head or break anything in his fall.

We're excited about the chance to go to Duke, since his chances of getting transplanted sooner are better. We know it is a huge deal to get the transplant, but since that seems to be the only option we would like it to be as soon as possible while he is still as healthy as possible.

We're glad also to have Nicole and Trevor back home. Trevor enjoyed debate camp and learned a lot, and is already back at Piedmont for his senior year. Nicole is trying to get her things moved to Athens to be ready for her classes, which start on Monday. They're very understanding of the need for me to go to Duke with John, and we appreciate all of the folks who are helping out on that front.