Some good things did happen today. They did take her down for X-rays shortly after lunch. But when she got back they hooked her up to that +#@%?? Stomach pump. She had received 4 or maybe 5 doses of Atrovan(?). So she remained quite sedated. About 4:30 a new nurse came on and after doing her thing decided that the tube was gradually moving up and would have to be pushed back in. Well after much gagging the procedure was accomplished. About 15 minutes later the nurse came back and apologize for the inconvenient procedure. She just received orders to remove the tube. Needless to say Neola got up out of the bed and did a jig right than and their. On top of that they ordered her a liquid diet, consisting of a bowl of broth, coffee, jello and grape juice. After 50+ hours of only eating a few ice chips, she declared that lobster would not have tasted better.
Now we still don’t know if their will be a hernia surgery or not. I left about 8 this evening and the doctor had not came in. After all the relaxing meds she took the last 30 hours, Neola is having a problem of staying awake. They will have to wear off. Anyway if the Doc does come in, she won’t remember if he talked to her or not.
My interpretation is that they probably will not do surgery. I just don’t think they would have given her anything to eat.
Well that is the latest of the Neola hospitalization saga.
not to much to report. As I said yesterday the tube came out of her stomach
and she became one happy lady. As I understand she did get some “relaxing
drugs” last evening which kind of kept her from asking to many questions.
When the doctor came this morning, he had to wake her to talk to her.
Needless to say she does not remember too much of the conversation other
than she “thinks” he said everything was coming along OK. There has been no
mention of surgery in regard to the hernia. She has been on a liquid diet
which started last night and continued today. If surgery would be in the
background, I am sure they would not be giving her anything to eat. We are
presuming that they are getting her stomach back in shape and that is why
the liquid diet. Her plumbing is working, both kinds, and the nurse said
that was encouraging that everything is going thru. They had her up walking
this afternoon and that had to be done in slow increments as she got dizzy.
Dr. Wally figures that if they have her on solid food tomorrow she
will come home tomorrow afternoon or Saturday.
Anyway we wish to thank all of you for your prayers, no doubt they
do the trick.
Thank you so much for letting us know about Neola. Mike & I are so sorry to hear about Neola’s problem and her having to be in the hospital!! We will be praying she will recover soon, and they find the problem. I’m sure this is very difficult for Neola. I can understand why she wouldn’t want any visitors att his time. I would feel the same way.
Best regards,
Eileen & Mike
Do you recognized this picture?
It’s been hanging in my home office since 1971.
Jerry o
Jerry’s Reply to Gary’s Reply:
you are right. It is Manger Lutheran in the late ’50s or early ’60s. Oliver Magnusen took beautiful pictures and I am sure some of my family portrates from the past were done by him. The picture becomes really unique when you understand this was a black & white photo and his sister, Minnie, water-colored it. The back is stamped with his stamp. Beautiful work and a prised possession as it is an original.
Jerry O
Jerry, this is a beautiful picture. It is looking west and I believe along highway 43, probably a little west of the Lawrence Soland farm. Manger, located a few miles west of Metigoshe on Highway 43, was the largest of the four Metigoshe Lutheran churches. Gary
While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch. After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant, and resumed their trip.
When leaving, the elderly woman unknowingly left her glasses on the table, and she didn’t miss them until they had been driving for about forty minutes.
By then, to add to the aggravation, they had to travel quite a distance before they could find a place to turn around, in order to return to the restaurant to retrieve her glasses.
All the way back, the elderly husband became the classic grouchy old man. He fussed and complained, and scolded his wife relentlessly during the entire return drive.The more he chided her, the more agitated he became.He just wouldn’t let up for a single minute.
To her relief, they finally arrived at the restaurant.As the woman got out of the car, and hurried inside to retrieve her glasses, the old geezer yelled to her, “While you’re in there, you might as well get my hat and the credit card”.