Joye's Update 4/23/08

Hi all . . . I'm so sorry I did not update you in the last 2 days; it's been a rough couple of days, but we're doing okay now. On Monday afternoon, we learned Andrew had gotten well enough with his breathing and would be moved out of the CCU and moved into the rehab place. We were referred to Select Specialty Hospital at Good Samaritan Hospital; however, since his doctor is a Barrow's doctor, he thought it would be more convenient for him to be moved to the Select Specialty Hospital at St. Joseph's Hospital. He was moved out at 6pm and arrived at this new place at 6:30pm. The following 24 hours were the worst you can imagine. This place is a separate business within St. Joseph's and this place should be shut down. I could go on for hours and we have 2 pages of notes as to what was done wrong. Anyway . . . long story, short . . . we contacted his doctor, he got him out of there and put him into the ICU at St. Joseph's. How he managed that, I do not know . . . but doing this may have saved Andrew's life because in this place, they found that he has 2 blood clots. One that is not so serious in his arm and the other that is quite serious in his leg. He will be having yet another surgery tomorrow to have a filter put into his vessel through his groin area. This filter is opened up like an umbrella and will filter any clots that try to pass that area, which prevents them from traveling to the lungs, heart, and/or brain. His surgery is tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 7:30am. Please pray for him during this time. He is then scheduled to go to a different Select Specialty Hospital at Good Samaritan. This is a different owned business with different management, etc. My sister and brother-in-law and I visited every place that can take him (as he is on a vent and acute) and we liked this place the best. They are fully aware of our terrible experience with the one at St. Joseph's and they are accommodating our needs well so far. It was a bad deal getting him into that first place, but yet a blessing in disguise as this was how he got into St. Joseph's to find the blood clot. God put Andrew here for this reason, I'm sure of it. I will do my best to post again tomorrow, but may not be able to as Andrew will be moved again. Thank you all for your prayers. Good night and God Bless. Joye