6/23 Good night and good news!

Go Team, Go!  Keep up the prayers as the Lord leads you.  

Today was a day of remarkable progress.  As you know from previous posts, TJ was moved from ICU to a regular room.  Our hope is that translates to more opportunities for rest, which is essential for healing.  When I left TJ today he was settled into his new digs and was reading.  Yesterday he was too tired for reading or even to stay awake for a conversation.  The Lord has done great things!

Our hope is to discharge from the hospital late tomorrow or on Wednesday if there are no hiccups.  

Please pray in specific:

• Straight forward and steady trajectory towards health and complete healing.  
• No infections or "hiccups" like c.diff gut infection which can come as a side effect to all the antibiotics.
• Good night of rest for both TJ and myself.  
• Discharge tomorrow.  

We know that recovery could take some time but have been blown away (in a good way) by the path this time.  "God is good all the time, all the time God is good."  Rest would be so much more pleasant in the sunshine of Montana on a mountain being cared for by your wife and treasured friends, right?  We are hopeful.  

Thank you for your investment once again.

Good night, 

MaryAnn...maegan

Moving! 6/23 4pm

Transferring to a regular floor as soon as his new nurse calls to get report!

6/23 afternoon

Dear Ones,

I am back in the ICU with TJ where things are definitely looking up.  Hopes are that TJ will be transferred out of the ICU to a regular floor/room today when a bed becomes available.

Measurable Progress:  
TJ is off the insulin drip and doing his own diabetes management.
Oxygen SATS are at 97% on nasal cannula for oxygen and no Bipap.  TJ's breathing is much less labored.  All excellent and amazing progress.  It is especially amazing considering it was only yesterday that the doctors were considering intubation and being put on a ventilator.

TJ's cousin, Gary, was in Saturday and once again today.  He affirms that TJ look A LOT better!

Another lady in the waiting room was commenting on the quality of staff at the Bozeman Hospital.  She said, "They are on it before it even happens!"  That sums up the care that TJ received yesterday which allowed him to dodge being put on a ventilator.  (Remember, he has played that game a few too many times already in his life!)

TJ is getting up to the chair now.  Sitting up and having additional doses of Lasix is helping to stay ahead of the excess fluid.

Continue to pray!  TJ was encouraged that our Good Shepherd has been awakening some of you to pray even during the middle of the night.  It is a great comfort to know that he is being cared for in such tender ways both physically and also spiritually.

Stay the course.  Pray for:
Continue ease in breathing and healthy transfer of oxygen.
Fluid reduction.
Transfer to a regular room.
Rest. Rest. Rest.
...and for me as I to head to the mountain to pick up some things.

What a pleasure it is to bring you such great news.  Encourage one another.  Pray without ceasing.
~MaryAnn...maegan

6/23 am Press in for Progress

Good morning, faithful friends and family,

Today's theme:  Press in (to Jesus in the power of the Spirit) for Progress

Just a quick update this morning so far:
Praise:  Mary Ann was able to talk with TJ on the phone.  Praise that he has enough breath to talk.
Prayer:  TJ said the night was marginal.  As many of you know, ICU is not known for its optimal sleeping conditions.  TJ had very little sleep.
Would you pray for a day of rapid progress so TJ can transition to a regular room, discharge and then to the mountain for sunshine and healing?

The doc's have not been in for rounds as of yet.
with great gratitude to God,
Mary Ann, maegan