What a GREAT day we had today! We woke up early this morning preparing to go to Grandma's doctor's appt. We had a nice breakfast and a safe drive to Knoxville.
We arrived at the medical building where I dropped Grandma and her oxygen tank in the foyer, parked the car and waited for a wheelchair to arrive. The office visit was quite thorough including a chest x-ray and at least 20 minutes with the doctor. He was careful to explain everything to both me and Grandma and walked me to the hall to show me the x-ray since he knew I was a nurse practitioner. He was caring and had a great bedside manner! What a special doctor for Grandma! Thank you Lord.
We brought a list of about 12 items and he was careful to answer all of our questions and didn't appear rushed! He also reassured me re: Grandma's lung. He said her right lung is better than it was in the hospital. He also said it's not urgent that he'd like to continue her on a water pill, continue working on lung exercises and being mobile to see if her body will just absorb the water. So that's my major prayer request. If by 4 weeks it's not resolved, they will stick a needle in the lung again to drain it. Sure would love to avoid that!
Everything else looked great and she can now check her blood sugar in the morning only. He changed a blood pressure medication to better control it and said to see him in 4 weeks. I was very impressed by the care he gave Grandma.
We celebrated and went to Cracker Barrell for lunch and then came home. Grandma was exhausted and got a nap. We did a round of exercises and then had a spaghetti dinner delivered from a friend. What a nice treat. We visited for the evening and then went to bed.
Please continue to pray for Grandma's right lung. I would love to say that God drained that fluid and healed it as a testimony to her doctors. We are working hard on her lungs. Also pray for ongoing strength, endurance and encouragement as she works so very hard. I'd love prayer for peace and wisdom. Please pray for Grandpa as well. He will have next week without me before Aubry comes and he has a hard time sitting still. Please pray that he's ready to care for her and to stay home more during that interim week!
love,
shauna
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