Update on Dad
Thursday, April 11 - 1:45pm
Over Tuesday night, they successfully weened Dad off the blood pressure medicines. Since his heart rate and blood pressure were steady, they decided they could begin weening him off the heart balloon. As they slowly decreased the pump, they found his heart was able to function again without it. He was so excited to not have the machine connected anymore!
Today, he was stable enough to move out of the ICU and into an intermediate care room on the cardiac wing of the main hospital! He was finally able to sit up and take the pressure off his back. That alone has him in good spirits. Some of his friends are visiting today and he's laughing and having conversations. They took him for the heart MRI and we are now waiting for the results.
Prayer point for today: pray for the results of the MRI, that they would show an increased amount of blood flow to indicate that his heart is pumping at stronger percent.
I feel like we are Rhoda praying for miracles from God. Let's hope more good results will start knocking on the door soon!
Thursday, April 11 - 1:45pm
Over Tuesday night, they successfully weened Dad off the blood pressure medicines. Since his heart rate and blood pressure were steady, they decided they could begin weening him off the heart balloon. As they slowly decreased the pump, they found his heart was able to function again without it. He was so excited to not have the machine connected anymore!
Today, he was stable enough to move out of the ICU and into an intermediate care room on the cardiac wing of the main hospital! He was finally able to sit up and take the pressure off his back. That alone has him in good spirits. Some of his friends are visiting today and he's laughing and having conversations. They took him for the heart MRI and we are now waiting for the results.
Prayer point for today: pray for the results of the MRI, that they would show an increased amount of blood flow to indicate that his heart is pumping at stronger percent.
I feel like we are Rhoda praying for miracles from God. Let's hope more good results will start knocking on the door soon!
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