Wakey, Wakey, Eggs and Bakey!

When we were kids at Palmetto Bible Camp, we had this amazing counselor who used to wake us all up in the morning with "Wakey, Wakey, Eggs and Bakey!" to get us up for breakfast. This morning, Dan ate yes,.. you guessed it,.. EGGS AND BACON! I can't believe it. Dr. Lijewsky (Loo-Ess-Key) the gastroenterologist, called this morning to check on us and said that all we need now is to slowly come off the TPN (total parentel nutrition) through his PICC line, and increase his oral diet, and then we can go home! If not tonight, then tomorrow.

Again,.. I could never express my appreciation and love for all of you who have called, texted, emailed, sent cards and facebook/blogspot comments, etc. We are so humbled and grateful, and I feel like everything happens for a reason. I have already seen some of those reasons manifested in ways that only God could have planned. How blessed we are to be His children!!

Also, and update on my friends. Ms. Tesnear's condition is sorta improved. She's still on a ventilator, but they are weaning her off of it. Her daughter graduates high school on Tuesday, and her heart is breaking for her mother. Ms. Tesnear is responding to commands by wiggling her toes and blinking, so that is where she stands as of 11 am today. Mrs. Tracy's son is still in CCU with some internal bleeding that they don't know where it is coming from. He's been given two pints of blood this morning, and that's the last I heard on him. I will check on both families after Dan finishes eating lunch and we take a walk around the floor. I'm excited. We're calling it our "date night". haha. I might just put on makeup for this!! (Does it matter that I'm wearing the same jeans I wore for the past three days on this date? I do'nt think so. haha.)

Miss Patsy, our sweet nurse, just told us that we are not going home today. We're really not that dissappointed though. I kinda thought it would be too soon to wean him off TPN that fast anyway. So it's looking like tomorrow. That's still good news to us!

Love to you all!
Trudy and Dan