Day Three Sunday Evening April 27

Hello from Brock!!

We hope everyone had a blessed Sunday and enjoyed their church service, no matter where that might have been.

As you can see, he is still smiling and has a thumbs up!

We had a busy day at the hospital. They removed the epidural and replaced it with self-administered pain meds. He still doesn't seem to be in a huge amount of pain, just more uncomfortable than anything. We had 2 different nurses ask him if he has a high pain tolerance. I know that he does. Thank the Lord.

They took the IV out of his hand and put it into a port in his neck that was placed there during surgery. This sounds worse than it is. Brock doesn't even feel it. They say an IV is only good for about 3 days in the same place and then it begins to get sore.

He still has the tube in his nose which keeps the stomach empty. The immediate prayer concern is that his bowels begin to work. They should at any time now. When they do, he should get the nose tube out (NG..for the medically knowledgeable) I know many of you are chuckling now, because you know Brock well and his bowels have never been a problem for him. Maybe his bowels have been a problem for me...but not for him. OK, now I'm laughing.

He took 3 walks throughout the day. Each one longer. He is steady on his feet. He does seem quite exhausted from the effort. The doctor said he could have a popsicle or two, but so far I haven't been able to talk him into it.

He had a few minor things today, a little bit of fever, a little bit of high blood pressure. The doctor said that was caused by too much fluids, so they gave him a diuretic to counter act. It's literally one thing after another. Brock said, "We haven't even had time to give praise." I had fully intended to read some scripture for him today in our quiet time. I had some good verses picked out, but there was no time. Well, one thing for sure, we will have plenty of time in the coming weeks.

I am still counting on the prayers from all of you. We started at 5 to 7 critical days, so now we should be at 2 to 4 more critical days.

So as you all start your Monday morning, we hope you have a wonderful week. Every day is one more day closer to having Brock home with me.

Prayer concerns:
That Brock's digestive system begins to work.
That the pathologist report comes back tomorrow so we know where we stand with cancer.
That Brock would have physical comfort.

Our God is an AWESOME God!

Love to all,
Chris