he had the surgery today, everything went perfectly. his dad is staying the night, so i came home early to get some sleep.
i keep saying it, because i mean it, thank you all so very much for everything you have done. i know that we wouldn't have made it this far with out your help!!!
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he's still doing good. his dad finally realized that having someone there 24/7 was wearing us out. so we're going to be going from like 8am till when ever i go home. i left early tonight because he was being sedated. they are going to be keeping him sedated for a few days to get over alot of the pain from his surgerys. which, if i didn't post earlier, went perfectly!!!
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MJ had more surgery today. it was a planned thing, just not this soon. his white blood cell count was REALLY high, meaning there is an infection, but they can't figure out where it is. so, they put in a tummy tube, and while they were in there, did a little exploratory on his intestines. everything is looking good there.
with the tummy tube in, they took out the NG tube in his nose, and they are thinking maybe since his sinuses can drain, that will lower the count.
during dylasis (sp?) they took off 6 liters, which is like 15 lbs. freaky!!! he's still looking and doing good. this morning, his white cell count was a little bit lower. it's still high, but not as high as yesterday.
he's still healing from everything. he'll be sedated all day tomorrow, and maybe they will start waking him up on Sunday, i'm not sure tho.
That's good! Hopefully he won't be in too much pain when he wakes up completely. Man, I know it will be a shock to his system to find out how long he's been out of it.
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not only that, Heidi...he won't beable to talk because of his jaw.
it's finally starting to sink in...i was telling my mom about what i do when i'm up at the hosp. i talk to MJ, telling him what happened during the day. i hold his hand, caress his arm, and because i can't kiss his face, i either kiss his toes or his hands. (i told him that when i agreed to 'obey' him, i didn't mean kissing his feet, and here i am...doing just that! lol) but i am so starved for that man's touch, that i rub my face on his hands.
as i was telling her this,(to make her giggle) i started crying. i didn't realize how affectionate we are. and i think that when he finally wakes up and is able, i'm gonna crawl up in that bed and hold him till they kick me out.
i didn't realize how hard this has been till tonight talking to her.
Trust me. I understand. When you go without the touch of someone you love for so long...it's tough. You sit there and think, please, just touch me...just hold my hand...run your fingers through my hair...anything.
I hope when he does wake up, he realizes what he did and what he almost lost and never does anything this stupid again. (Sorry...not saying he's stupid...but must admit the act itself was.)
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no heidi, your right, he was being stupid. or at the very least, thoughtless. he was doing 105 in a corvette on a curvy road. doesn't matter that he knows that road better than he knows my face, or his for that matter. he's a grown man w/ a family and shouldn't have been doing something so irresponsible as that.
but, on the other hand...he comes from a racing family. and i don't mean armchair racing. both he and his father raced, and many others in the family. he knows cars. but i knew the minute he started talking about this corvette where it would end up. me looking at his broken body in a hospital bed.
but how do you convince a man that the car of his dreams is my nightmare coming true??? i put up the attitude and the 'fits' and even had him thinking that i thought he was selfish. anything to not have him driving that car. in the end, i just gave up. and my nightmare did come true.
LESSON TO ALL THE MEN READING THIS..... if your wife/mother/girlfriend/sister/cousin/whatever asks you please don't do whatever....LISTEN!!!
i was finally able to kiss him tonight....the way that they had him positioned, i was able to lean over and place tons of light little kisses on his cheek. i also kissed him on his lips once, but they were really chapped and i didn't want to accidently press too hard and cause him pain w/ the wires.
I'm walking on cloud nine right now!!!
they are going to be keeping him sedated for a while. but that's ok, cause it lets his body heal w/o him feeling alot of pain.
his color is still great, and his stats are wonderful!!!
That's great! Hopefully he wakey-wakeys soon so he can see you and the kids. I still say it will be a shock to his system when he realizes he's lost over 2 weeks.
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ok, so the latest is that his white cell count is getting lower everyday. he's breathing easier on the vent. and still looks good. they are also lowering his pain meds a 1/2 mil. everyday so we're thinking that soon, he'll wake up. woo hoo...
he still looks good and he still makes me feel the butterflies in my tummy everytime i look at him
kelly, its so good to know that everyday mj is getting just that little bit better,and closer to coming home to you and the kids.i gotta say kelly after speaking to you the other night , how much i admire your spirit and courage,you are a strong person and this has made you stronger,everything happens for a reason it`s just that we don`t always know what it is at the time, but mabye this was a warning not just to mj but other men who think that their invincible, and immortal.stay strong kelly and lots of love and energy is still being sent to you and mj
thank you for that. MJ always told me i was strong, but i didn't realize how strong i can be. but to tell the truth, i don't like it. lol
he's still doing good. it's still little by little, but i don't mind. they have reduced his pain meds from 6mg to 4mg. he's getting that every hour. he had his eyes open just a slit tonight. i know that he knew i was there. (i got to kiss him again BTW lol)
i think that if everything continues to go the way it has, that he should be awake at the latest, by this time next week.
ok, when i went in tonight, there was blood coming out of his mouth. they are not sure where or why. the nurse called in one of the dr's that did the facial surgery (not the one that actually operated on him tho) and he said to watch it, and that he'd have the one that did the surgery look at him in the morning.
they may have to unwire his mouth and go in.
ontop of that...the idiots that their only job is to do paperwork for social security, never filled out my stuff. i handed the nurse my papers on saturday night, and said that i needed these no later than tues. night, cause my appt. is weds morning at 9:30.
there was nothing filled out. there was no dr statement about mj being in a coma. there was NOTHING. so i have to get on the phone at 8am, and start screaming at people to get this crap taken care of. (in a lovely mood, aint i?)
so, other than the blood, everything else is going good. stats are still up. they had his pain meds down to 2mg an hour, but w/ what was going on tonight, the nurse upped it to 4mg, but that's still lower than he was earlier in the week
Could it be that his meds are low enough that he is semi-lucid and tried moving his jaw around, maybe, and possibly cut something by accident? (Don't know myself, just kinda grasping at straws.) However, if he isn't running a fever and his stats look good, odds are it's nothing to worry about.
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well, he had a fever lastnight, it was 101.9 and fluctuating down to 101.2 i think that he tried to open his mouth too. i'm worried, but not totally stressed lol, that made sense didn't it???
the lawyer appt. went well, i have another one in like 2 weeks or something. but i'm still p***d that no one helped w/ that paperwork. and still no letter from a dr. grrrrrrrr.
but atleast the attention that they are giving to him is excellent!
his white cell count is 55,000 normally, it would be 11,000. they can't find any source of infection. they have scanned, poked, prodded, and cultured, and can't find anything
his dr says that most of the time, the white cell count goes sky high just before the body gives up the fight.
so, i went back to the hosp at 9 tonight. his stats are still great, and his color is wonderful...so it's just another sit and wait game.
on a funny note, as i was leaving the hosp. i discovered i had a flat tire. good thing i have had expirence w/ my jack, and could change the stupid thing. lol
I still say that just because they can't find a source of infection, that doesn't mean one isn't there. I hope they are putting him on heavy doses of antibiotics to see how he responds.
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ok, as of 9 this morning, his cell count was 36,000. still high, but tons lower. GREAT NEWS!!!!!!
his hemoglobin is up a little too. i didn't even know that they were worried about it. lol, good thing they didn't tell me. i have enough numbers to freak about.
not sure if i posted it, but when i came out of the hosp. lastnight, i had a flat tire. but, i changed it. called a place down the road this morning, and they said that they would plug it for free. i got to talking w/ the guy and when i got home, i noticed that the tire that they put on wasn't my tire. they gave me a new tire. well, maybe not brand new, but way newer than the one that was on there.
still amazed at the goodness of people after being surrounded by jerks for so long. ya'll know how that is.
but, thanks to MJ's cousin, i have an appt sat afternoon to get 4 brand new tires for the mommy mobile. he works at a dealership so the tires were wholesale price, and the mounting and balancing are free. AND, he paid for them so i can pay him back in installments!!! (great news since the finances are a lil thin right now!)
we are not out of the woods w/ mj. but life is starting to look just a little bit brighter.