Paul's Update - 01/27/06

Below is the message that was suppose to go out Friday night. I had a
"snafu" with my computer. Sorry about the delay! -- Lynne

Dear Friends:

We had an exhausting day. Paul was to go to have the CT at Fair Oaks. The transport came around noon to pick him up. He went to the hospital and they did the CT which only takes a few minutes and got him ready to go back to the nursing home. While in route Paul threw up!! This is the first time we've ever encountered that. They turned around and took him right back to the hospital to make sure he was ok and run tests. They did all sorts of testing including an X-ray to determine if there was any fluids in the lungs. All looked OK so they don't really know what caused the vomiting. All of this took several hours in the hospital. He wasn't ready to go back to the nursing home until 8PM. As disturbing as all that was ... there was more. The tech that did the CT read the results and told Carl that there was an 8% difference in this CT and the last one they did almost three weeks ago. He called Dr. Azzam and the doctor is concerned that there is even MORE fluid .... ughhhhhhh. I don't really know what this is going to mean yet. The doctor said he will be in touch with Tabby at the first of next week to talk about what he thinks needs to be done. I pray that this doesn't mean more surgery but it might! Paul seemed OK but sleepy when he got back to the nursing home. Bobby was going to stay the night with him so Tabby could go home and rest. He has been doing so well this last few days and now we have another setback! We will keep praying that God hold Paul and heal him!! He's come a long way and God has protected him through a lot!

Enjoy your weekend!!
Love, Lynne & Carl