http://www.brainflak.com/doug The latest news about Doug, his medical situation, his family, etc. Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:24:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Doug was hospitalized on Wednesday with an infected pancreatic pseudocyst, colitis, etc, etc. After some scary moments, he’s been “hemodynamically stabilized”, his parents and sister are here, and he’s moving to a regular room. Keep us in your prayers, because, as you may remember, this can be ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=32 One year ago this past Sunday Doug collapsed on the way to church. By that evening he was on life support and not expected to live. Little did I know what this year would bring–seven months of hospitalization. Weeks on life support in the ICU. Three major surgeries. Countless “procedures”. ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=31 He’s home! He’s home! He’s home! Happy dancing again! One procedure next week… outpatient removal of the stent. Follow up with CT scan periodically, continue follow up with our surgeon. We are hopeful that this last procedure may have “fixed” him… so keep praying, cross your ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=30 Well, we had a long day yesterday with Doug. The procedure went well–the got the stent in place in the pancreas with little difficulty. Basically, it should allow the pancreas to drain out the correct way for a while and give the back of the pancreatic duct time ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=29 Well, we met with a new gastroenterologist this week and they said they are going ahead on the procedure to put a stent in the pancreas. They have already done everything they can do surgically, but we had been told that they were going to wait and see how it ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=28 Doug is recovering well in telemetry. I think the good news of their not being able to do the more extensive procedure is that his recovery is moving much faster–a lot less internal damage to heal. He seems to be getting better much faster than with previous surgeries. ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=27 Doug had a pretty good day yesterday. Since they didn’t do the more extensive surgery they were expecting, he seems to be recovering faster than we had even hoped. They took him off the respirator in the morning, moved him out of ICU in the late afternoon (they were super ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=26 The good news is–Doug is doing well. He is stable, though on a respirator (not unexpected after this major surgery). He had three units of blood, is in tons of pain–as usual managing to shrug off most of the painkillers and sedation. The anesthesiologist told me they were going to ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=25 The good news is… Doug is coming home tomorrow! Due to a broken air conditioning system, all surgeries this week have been canceled, and they have rescheduled him for next Tuesday, after which he will be in the hospital about two weeks. However, we need to meet with the surgeon tomorrow to go over ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=24 Thanks so much for all the messages of love and support! I felt much better today knowing that we have people who care. Within minutes of sending my e-mail last night, a friend from our local homeschool group IMed me to offer to watch the boys today. So between my secretary ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=23 So after a fairly normal evening last night, Doug woke me up shivering so hard he shook the bed. I felt his head–he was burning up. His side around the (almost totally closed) fistula was painful and sore. He started vomiting… and we called Cheri Smith to come watch the ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=22 Hey friends! When Doug came home in late May, I sent one update and stopped. Real life has come once more, and I never seem to have the time to get caught up. The good news is: Doug is healing well. The doctor’s are very ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=21 (Doing the happy dance!) He’s home, he’s home, he’s home!!!! No time to chat, no time to cruise my favorite websites because… (Doing the happy dance!) He’s home, he’s home, he’s home!!!! Whew! Got that out of my system! For real–still waiting on the home health nurse to show up, hook him up to his feeding ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=20 Well, Doug is looking very well. He’s been up and walking the last two days! Yesterday he went all the way around the unit with his walker, plus sat up in a chair for a while! Sounds funny that such things are big steps forward, but ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=19 Some of you have written to me inquiring about alternative methods to contribute to the Barres. I am forwarding an e-mail that went out from the office of Kay’s former church, Aldersgate United Methodist. Aldersgate has established an in-church account on behalf of the Barres. If you ... http://www.brainflak.com/doug/?p=18