July 23, 2009

Gene had another strong day today.

Emily, Steve, and Pat went down early this morning and visited until mid-morning. It seems that he will need to have some additional debridement on the pressure sore. That will happen sometime tomorrow, probably tomorrow afternoon.

Pat is staying with Emily for a couple of days, and they have been down this evening to see how he's doing. He was watching the weather channel. This is one of the first times since his surgery that he's wanted to watch TV! Yesterday's nurse, David, also ordered a unit that lets Gene call for the nurse by moving his head and pushing a button. When Emily and Pat went back to visit this evening that unit had been brought in and set up.

It's looking like Gene will be at Erlanger for a few more days before he will be ready to transfer back to Kindred.

Prayer requests:
Please pray for Gene's surgical procedure to go well, and for his pressure sore to begin healing.