November 27th 2011

Well, The girls and I went to visit "Gpa" today.  We got there around 4:00.  He got moved out of the ICU.  To me he seemed to be a bit distracted,  he said he felt tired.  Mom said he seemed pretty good in the morning and was happy to be in a normal room.  They had started him on an I.V. drip of Antibiotics which is on top of the blood thinners and regular I.V.  this morning.  Not quite sure what the antibiotics were for, but we're assuming that it may have something to do with the pain that he is feeling in his abdomen.  As the day went on he seemed to be getting further distracted something was on his mind.  Although he ate really well.  Then we left him to sleep for a bit and the girls and I, my mom, Aunt Henny and Uncle Willem went to have supper.  When we came back dad seemed upset/down (of course with good rights).  We made the observation to him that his belly seemed to have gotten larger again.  It actually seemed to be about the same size as it was yesterday BEFORE they drained it.  Of course he had already realized this.  So like anyone else, he is concerned why it got that way so fast, and what was going on.  Plus his concern for his breathing and if his O2 would start to lower again.  He said he could breath okay, that it wasn't like it was 2 days ago, but was still concerned with what the O2 monitor would say.  He is nervous and quite honestly I'm sure he feels scared.  So, now we hope that the doctors come and check him out tomorrow, and hopefully get this belly thing figured out.  The girls said good-bye, and I stayed to give him a bit of a massage...hands, feet, neck, head and shoulders.  I then said good-bye.  My mom, Aunt Henny and Uncle Willem then got a chance to have some alone time.  So.... lets pray... for answers, solutions to fix those answers and in the end find comfort for my dad..