New Home

I was able to go out and see Howard tonight. He is at the Apache Junction Care Center. It seems very nice. I doesn't smell yucky like a lot of them do. Everyone was very nice they are remodeling as well. He is good one minuet and not so good the next. He really wants to go home but all the doctors have told him that it isn't safe for him to go home. Everyone agrees that it isn't safe for him to be home for him or Shirlee. At this point we don't know if that will ever be an option that is something that we are taking day by day. Please keep him in your prayers that his heart will be soften and that he will realize that this is the best thing for him. Thank you all for everything that you do for him and Shirlee. He doesn't have a phone in his room yet as soon as he has one will let you know.

Here We Go Agian

Howard got out of the nursing home yesterday at 10:30. He was doing good granted he was tired and went back to bed shortly after he got home but we planned on this. He came out for lunch and was talking and everything seemed to be good. He was having fun seeing the boys and the boys where happy that he was home then dinner time came around. Everyone got up to the table and Howard had a very hard time staying awake. We had to keep waking him up and Shirlee ended up having to feed him. After a while he said he was done needed to use the restroom and then go to bed. Shirlee was helping him to the back when he started to say that he was weak and said he was going to fall. Next thing we know my dad is behind him trying to keep him from hitting the floor. It took four of us to get him up and into his walker. The decision was then made to take him to the VA. My dad and Gma took him and when they got there my dad go a wheelchair to put him in and he passed out again. They got him into the ED and they took him right back. After some test they found out that he has a bladder and an UTI infection. He is also dehydrated but that is something we already knew. My dad had to go home today so it is nice that they kept him so that my Grandma didn't have to deal with him on her own. We will find out more tomorrow after they do more tests and we see more doctors.

Okay

Things with Howard are going okay. They have him back on his water pills so that is helping with all the swelling. Still not back down to where he should be but we are getting there. He still doesn't feel well most of the time but he is trying for the most part. He is still doing his physical therapy. He is still at the rehab place over by Superstiton Ranch market so if you want to go and visit him I think his room is 303B.

Moved Agian

Sorry this is a little behind in updating. I took my family to Knotts Berry Farm for Spring break so I am a couple of days behind. The latest Howard was never transferred to Good Sam. Before they took him the doctor wanted to do another CAT scan well that came back normal. It was decided that everything that was gong wrong on that end has to do with his meds being messed up. They kept him in the hospital an extra day due to swelling. Yesterday afternoon (Friday) he was moved back to the rehab nursing home that he was in before. They have him on a tight rehab schedule 7 days a week of therapy so that he can try and get his energy and strength up to go home within the next 2 weeks hopefully. So I guess this all translates into good news. Thanks for everyone's support and prayers.

Transfer

Today we had a good Doctor come in and see Howard. We have all been a little worried that he has blood in his urine. Most of the other Doctors said it is because his Coumidin level is so messed up. Since he was put back into the hospital on Sunday they said that they would have a urologist come and look at him. It is now Wednesday and come to find out there is no urologist on staff at that hospital. They told him that when he got back to the rehab center to have them call for one. The Doctor that came into see him today didn't like that idea and is concerned about this problem. He said he would get a urologist to come and see him at the hospital that he is at now or he would transfer him to a hospital that has one on staff. The nurse said that if this doctor says he is going to do something that it would get done. Huge shock itself. The doc said it could be an hour or the end of the day until I get a solution but I will get one. I just got a call an hour ago saying that they are going to be moving him to Good Samaritan this afternoon. So hospital terms good be tonight. We won't have any more info till tomorrow sometime I am sure. For now we are happy that someone is doing something about it. Howard is in good spirits for the most part. He has decided that he wants to go home and therefore he know that he has work to do to get his strength back up. He walked to the end of the hall at the hospital yesterday and that is huge for a guy who has been in bed for the most part of 15 days.

Bad News

So I went to go and visit Howard tonight and he wasn't there. Come to find out he was taken back to the hospital this morning. I talked to his nurse and he said that Howard was having chest pain shortness of breath and then sort of passed out. When Shirlee got to the hospital he had just gotten there and he was incoherent as they got his IV started he started coming around a little more. They ended up admitting him back into the hospital. We don't know much more until the morning after we get some test results back. Will let you know more when we know more.

Rehab Center

Howard was moved to a rehab nursing home last night. He is at the East Mesa Care Facility (I think that is what it's called) It is the one next to Superstition Ranch Market. He is doing a little better at least compared to some of the people in there. He is still having some problems that they are trying to figure out. They are planning on doing a lot of therapy starting on Monday to help get some strength back. Since he is out of the hospital I was able to take my boys to see him. Cameron has seen his Papa at least once a week since he was born so these last 12 days have been really long for him. Cameron and Howard have a very special relationship. Cameron loves his papa and whenever he goes over there he goes and finds his papa before even talking to gma. The boys took him some balloons to decorate his room.