06/10/2012 Status update

Well after a good first couple of days a little setback beset Rob yesterday morning. We arrived at the hospital to news that he was at risk of going back on the vent for assisted breathing. He said he did not have very good care through the previous night and he really got onto the neurosurgeon about it and asked that his sister be allowed to stay the night (last night) to help.

So we prayed, rallied, pulled together and got him to sit up (even though it hurt him) then with cough lessons from Brandie, suctioning, the work of a respiratory therapist and a few hours of us encouraging him to regulate his breathing and lung exercises there is good news.

Rob's breathing steadily improved through the day and he had a good night, his O2 levels stayed 95-99% (they were in the 70-80% range the night before) even with him sleeping really hard for nearly 3 hours. He was able to cough (still with help) but coughing is good for him.

So in the previous post Brandie had put forth a list of current prayer requests, here they are with some answered and in process.

1. That his breathing and heart function stabilize
   
   
   
   1. Breathing much better but not quite good enough to move to rehab yet.
   
   
   
   


2. That he is able to control his pain better
   
   
   
   1. He is really struggling with this one as Rod has always had a fairly low threshold for pain but he is really getting better.
   
   
   
   


3. That we can start raising the head of the bed and it be comfortable
   
   
   
   1. Nearly tilted in bed enough to sit upright
   
   
   
   


4. That he can transfer to Baylor or TIRR soon so that we start rehab


5. That Caleb and Sarah can see their daddy soon
   
   
   
   1. We got a SKYPE session setup yesterday and made this happen.
   
   
   
   


6. Peace for Hollie, my parents and Rob to know that all of this is out of of our control


7. Travel mercies for some of the family has to return home today, and others a traveling here to visit.

Will keep reports coming as much as possible, please continue to pray for Rob.