Bad news! Libby's down again! :'(

cody · October 30, 2009, 05:03:09 AM

Hopefully she'll feel better after it, I'm not sure what is all involved but I'm told that the marquette hospital is the closest place they offer it here, if she has to go thru it on any kind of a regular basis that is going to be difficult, especially in the winter, the hospital is about 90 miles away from us. One of her kidneys is atrophyied and shrunken the other seems to be damaged somehow but they are hoping that it will get better, just too many unknowns to suit me right now. I'd like a "do over" for the last 18 months so I could run and hide lol.

Stormcloud · October 30, 2009, 05:19:04 AM

Sad to hear Libbys in hospital again. Dialysis may give her enough of a break that she can recover her own kidney function and not have to be 'tied' to the machine.My dad went through this and the dialysis bought him a bunch more time.

You and Libby are in our thoughts.

Mark and Donna

bubbaqgal · October 30, 2009, 05:27:01 AM

We send our prayers up for Libby. We also hope that once she is home you can give her the birthday treatment that she deserves. We send her our best wishes.

Rick 74 MC-8 · October 30, 2009, 12:37:37 PM

Cody We'll be praying for both of you

Rick 74 MC-8

James77MCI8 · October 30, 2009, 01:45:06 PM

Our thoughts and prayers are with you. God Bless!

Busted Knuckle · October 30, 2009, 02:00:36 PM

Quote from: cody on October 29, 2009, 03:10:05 PM
I'm sure she would love some cards, she is in Marquette General Hospital, 580 West College, Marquette, Michigan 49855, Rm 626

She is doing better! She's in room 626 like Cody said. The direct # to her is 1-906-225-3626.

I just got off the phone with her. She sounded great, and was in good spirits. She said to thank everyone for the get well wishes & prayers. She said she'll be there at least until Monday or Tuesday. They don't know for sure yet, but it will be that long before they run some more of the tests they want to run and that will determine if she's ready to go home or not!

BK

plyons · October 30, 2009, 03:45:57 PM

AWESOME NEWS!!!!

Praise the Lord - & thanks for the update Knuckle!

Kind Regards, Phil

cody · October 30, 2009, 06:08:32 PM

I just got back from visiting libby, she is looking better but still very weak, they got all kinds of arm bands on her, one says "fall hazard" another says ," no blood pressure taken on this arm" another says, "no IV's on this arm" all kinds of cool stuff, no idea what it all means but she is decorated nicely.they are watching her closely and have a bunch of tests lined up for her next week.

John316 · October 30, 2009, 06:15:14 PM

Cody,

Glad to hear that she is doing better. I know what the "fall hazard" one means...It is actually a personality code. It means that she is spirited, and will fight to recover quickly

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Thanks for the update. I am still praying for you all.

God bless,

John

cody · October 31, 2009, 04:00:45 AM

I was so tired last night when I got back from visiting libby I couldn't really do a fair report on her, according to her doctors she won't be out of the woods for a while, one of her kidneys is shrunken and the blood vessel feeding it is narrowed badly, they are discussing putting in a stent to open up the vessel and hopefully get the kidney functioning a little better, the other kidney is slowly doing it's job but not as well as they would like, next week they are going to run another battery of tests to see what can be done to help her, thruout this she seems to be maintaining good spirits. I took the laptop to her and let her read the get well wishes on this thread, she cryed like a baby, one of the nurses had brought her a stuffed monkey like the old sock monkeys from years ago, it's pink and she was holding it, it's been named monk-a-monk lol. She has a small lineup of flowers on her window sill and she has gotten several cards and phone calls, she is feeling the love and friendship on this board and i think thats going to play a deciding role in her recovery, the past 18 months have been pure helll for us with everything going on and without the friends we've made here I'm not sure we could have gotten thru it all. They did a CT scan of her head and found nothing, that doesn't surprise me, she has been giving me a piece of her mind for so many years now I can't see how their could be any left. lol

John316 · October 31, 2009, 06:02:00 AM

Cody,

Thanks so much for the update. I haven't met you all, but next time you are there, please give her a hug for me.

What a praise that she is doing better. I am still praying for both of you.

God bless,

John

crazytom · October 31, 2009, 08:08:21 AM

Cody, our prayers are with yall thru all this...it is great news that she's doing much better....we hope to be hearing her on pal soon....tell her we love her and to get well soon....Tom , Shirley, and Cheree Rene

Lonnie time to go · October 31, 2009, 09:39:21 AM

Cody thanks for the update
Very happy the news is better
Still pulling for a safe recovery
Lonnie

kyle4501 · October 31, 2009, 12:04:39 PM

Our prayers & best wishes are with you both.

jackhartjr · October 31, 2009, 02:51:15 PM

Cody, me and Dianne are Praying for ya'll too!
Jack