Judy Easley’s son-in-law, Shawn Boddin, did well with surgery. No complications. Pray for his recovery process.
Maggie Lee Henson had a CAT scan today. That process went well. Thank-you for all your prayers for her.
Dukes
Another Day
Retia seems a little better today. She is more alert, but still rather confused. One of her medicines has been discontinue
We still have not gotten a date for the surgery. Everyone is working hard to get the date set. However, she may have gotten another infection, which would likely delay it. We will not know until we hear from the culture tomorrow. Please pray about this.
I am so thankful for the doctors here. It is good to have people who will talk to us and explain what is going on so we can understand as much as we are able to. We have a friend who is an administrator at Ochsner. He has been very helpful to us, and I appreciate it.
Retia’s pulmonary doctor has also been very helpful. I think Retia has become the doctor’s pet. He is always kidding her and trying to get us to do special things for her. He just came in and ordered a wheel-chair ride for her. You know who gets to push. This doctor’s manner is affected by some of his own experiences as a long-term patient. He seems to understand what Retia is going through. I really appreciate his extra effort.
We are patiently (well, maybe not so patiently) waiting for the opportunity to get Retia home. Patience has never been a strong virtue among the Dukes family members, especially the men. We know this is going to be a long process, but we would really like to get home to continue our walk through it. However, as I have learned reluctantly in the last couple of days, impatience does not get many changes made. We just have to wait until the situation is right to get her to Orlando. OK, so I’ll try. Just pray that we will be able to make wise decisions in the midst of our impatience.
Thanks for hanging with us. We will try to let you know what we know when we find it out.
blessings
jdukes
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