Terry has been in the hospital since Saturday.  Over about a 4 day period he gradually stopped eating and drinking.  He has a bladder infection and because he wasn't swallowing at all, I was unable to get his antibiotic in him.  So, after calling his nurse and the nurse talking to the doctor, here we are.

It's Monday and after being on an IV with nutrients, his antibiotic and some extra pain meds, he's resting well.  He's more aware today, also.  He even returned a kiss this morning!

We've had a lot of difficulty getting him to eat and drink enough and he's lost a lot of weight.  He may need a feeding tube.  Please help us pray about this decision.

We'll probably be here several days.  I'll try to post daily to keep you all updated.

Thank you all so much for the many, many prayers!

The good news on the last post was short lived.  Terry stopped talking again and really hasn't felt well this week.


However we did get some good news; the bone scan was normal and he had an MRI of his brain and it showed no change.

But we found out today he has a staph infection in his bladder. :(  Poor guy just can't catch a break!  It's no wonder he's felt so bad.  He's now on 2 antibiotics for the next 2 weeks.  We hope and pray they do the job or else he'll have to go in the hospital.

He hasn't been eating and drinking enough the last few days.  Hopefully that'll change as the antibiotics start to work.

Terry has had 2 wonderful days!  That's not to say he hasn't had some pain.  But, he has talked...just a word here and there, but we'll take it!

He has been so alert!  Something we haven't seen in a while.  His appetite has improved, as well.  Prayers are being answered!

This morning he was singing again!  That's the first time since May when he was in the hospital.  Some of you know one of our favorite songs is "Welcome To My World" by Jim Reeves.  Terry sang it to me when we were dating, and we've been singing it together ever since.  (Kids really loved that on trips in the car!)  So I sing it to him now and when he tries to sing back it's just pure joy!  All day he's been humming it!

Since the temperature has cooled down some this week William has been taking him on walks again.  He loves that!

Thanks again for all the prayers and the posts on Facebook. 

I appreciate all of you so much!

Just a quick note...we've put Hospice on hold for a while.  He qualifies to stay with Home Health, so we'll stay with them as long as we can.  Thanks Theresa, Lesley and Carla for all you do.  We appreciate you!