The Somewhat Daily Dwaine-o-Gram

Dear Friends,

A lot of events firing off all at once, so bear with me for getting a little behind in the communications. 

As you know, on Sunday, we found ourselves back at St. Joe's with a pseudoaneurysm, which is basically a little bubble that forms off the main artery where they did the puncture for the angiogram a few weeks ago.  We thought we had it fixed yesterday after the procedure, but this morning's ultrasound showed just a tiny portion still remaining.  So, to be safe, they repeated the procedure again today, which involves taking a needle and inserting it directly into the bubble and injecting some blood coagulant.  Needless to say, I am quite sure this cannot be a comfortable procedure.  But Dwaine came through it again today and after a few hours rest, was up and walking up and down the hallway again.  We're hoping this has solved the problem and sometime tomorrow he'll be back at Spalding again to continue rehab.  I spoke with the folks there and they believe, if it weren't for the medical issues that have cropped up, Dwaine would be home by now.  He's doing so well.  So, we're hoping that by the end of this week we may be able to get him back to where he belongs, and he can continue his rehab on Outpatient basis.

I've gotten so many offers for rides to rehab, that I'm sure I can come up with a schedule that might work for everyone, should that be the case.  Once we get the word, I'll put something together and float it by all of you to see. 

Dwaine's spirits were a bit crushed today when he heard he had to stay another night at St. Joe's.  I'm passing along all your nice messages for him to keep him encouraged.  He was doing fine when I left this evening, but I'm sure he's just wanting to get back to working on things again instead of having to endure painful procedures over and over again.  Here's hoping tomorrow brings some better news, and that he'll be back at Spalding by the afternoon.

I'll be getting my follow-up colonoscopy tomorrow, so I cannot be there with Dwaine during the day.  Friends Lynn and Jim have stepped up to watch over things tomorrow morning while I'm getting my own prodding (eek!)  So keep us all in your thoughts as we work our way through this minefield.  Hoping against hope that we can get him home by this weekend, but we'll see.

Talk to you soon - probably only a quick update tomorrow as I'll be a little woozy!