Monday morning 11-28-05 --- More Pain and Vomiting

We are disappointed this morning.

Dan spent the night with more pain and vomiting. He says he is passing another kidney stone.

I hope that is all.

It had been so nice to see Dan well for the Thanksgiving Weekend and we hope this episode will pass before Dan's sister Penny visits from California this coming Wednesday.

Dan goes out! Friday 11/25 and Saturday 11/26

Yesterday, we went to the Colorado Springs Southeast YMCA as a family. The kids and I went swimming and Dan (with Mike helping him) used the handicapped restrooms and got to take a shower. Our house's bathrooms have not had a door large enough for the wheelchair to get through, so Dan has had to take sponge baths since he left the hospital. Now that we know Dan can get to the YMCA without too much problem, he'll get showers! Yippee!

Also, today, all of us visited my parents' house in Larkspur, so Dan has been "out" twice for more than trips to the doctor or hospital.

We are so happy to be together as a family again!

Thanksgiving Day!

Our family had the BEST Thanksgiving Day!

My parents came and we ate in the dining room and Dan was able to sit in his wheelchair all day and we had a feast.

We are so happy that Dan is well and with us. Our fear that we may have had to spend Thanksgiving at the hospital did not come true.

Happy Thanksgiving -- Hurray, Hurray, Hurray!

Thanksgiving Eve -- Dan is better!

Good news -- the pain and vomiting have stopped and if the source was really just a kidney stone (not related to THE ACCIDENT), well, the kidney stone has been passed this afternoon!

Dan didn't need to have surgery afterall and our family will have a Happy Thankgiving!

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

Dan not getting better -- 11/22/05

Dan is not getting better; however, there is some hope tomorrow: he will go to a doctor in the morning who may be able to figure out what is wrong. He has not been able to stop being in pain for a week now and keeps vomiting. It has been discouraging. We had thought earlier today that he'd have to return to the hospital and stay overnight, and we are grateful that he can be treated as an outpatient tomorrow. We do hope we can have Thanksgiving together as a family.

Dan still not well -- Sunday 11-20-05

Dan did go home late Thursday night from the ER and..

...Friday, he was home, but still in horrible pain and vomiting
and yesterday morning he returned to the ER. He was home again by Saturday afternoon on a new medication that hopefully will stop the vomiting.

Sunday, he slept a lot and was still in pain. We will try to get an appointment set up with his regular doctor on Monday or Tuesday.

Dan rushed to hospital by ambulance 11-17-05

We don't know quite what is wrong, but Dan was rushed to the hospital by ambulance yesterday. He was in severe pain and was vomiting constantly.

We spent hours and hours in the emergency room while the doctors tried to figure out what was/is wrong.

We still don't quite know -- it could be Dan is passing multiple kidney stones. This recent set back could have nothing to due with Dan's accident and the related injuries, but we are not quite sure. It's was "strange" and "not fun" to return to the hospital again yesterday.

Dan did go home late last night and..

...today, he was home, but still in horrible pain and vomiting.

Continue to pray for Dan. Jo Ann and the children are so, so tired. Dan's brother, Mike, has done an incredible job of helping us and Dan and continues to stay at Dan's side all the time.

No, Dan has been unable to eat any meals with us for two days now; in fact, he has been unable to eat or keep much down.

We do hope he gets better soon, especially by Thanksgiving. Tonight marks exactly 9 weeks since THE ACCIDENT.

Dan can eat all his meals at the table now!

This past weekend, Dan was determined to sit in his wheelchair and eat at the table with us for all of his meals and he succeeded! It was so neat to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner together as a family and not see Dan get tired.

Also, Dan has joined us at the table for two different Shabbat meals (11/4/05 and 11/11/05). It has been so special to be together as a family on Shabbat once again!

He also went outside a bit on Saturday afternoon and even pushed his wheelchair on his own a bit and talked to neighbors!

We are excited about Thanksgiving now since we have so much to be thankful for!

Dan describing his feet

Here are some photos of what Dan's feet look like as of November 7, 2005.

A photo of Dan at home about 7 weeks later

Dan looks pretty good for someone who fell off a bridge 7 weeks ago and was near death.